PCBT donates to Mehlareng Combined Farm School

On September 30, over 250 shacks at the informal settlement were destroyed by a fire.

November 7, 2019

Penelope Masilela Less than a minute

Peermont Community Benefit Trust (PCBT), one of Emperors Palace’s CSI initiatives, donated 46 pairs of school shoes and 45 mattresses to those affected by the fire at Pomona informal settlement on Great North Road. Some of the shoes were distributed to the learners at Mehlareng Combined Farm School in Bredell on October 30. Back, left: Nombini Kungwayo (Mehlareng Combined Farm School principal) and PCBT manager Jenny Findlay. Front: Landile Mbobo (12), Owami Maphosa (13), Kgomotso Monaheng (13

Peermont distributed school shoes and mattresses to the Mehlareng Combined Farm School, which will be donated to the families of the Pomona informal settlement next to Great North Road on October 30.

Through the Peermont Community Benefit Trust (PCBT), 46 pairs of school shoes were handed over to the children and 45 mattresses to the families.

Some of the recipients after receiving their shoes and lunch packs are seen with Peermont Community Benefit Trust (PCBT) manager, Jenny Findlay at Mehlareng Combined Farm School in Bredell on October 30. (Photograph by Yolanda van der Stoep)

PCBT trustee Vusi Zwane said when they heard about the fire and how it had affected the people living there, the trustees wanted to make a contribution.

“Working closely with Nomsa Fuzile, a social worker for EMM, the shoes and mattresses to the value of R20 000 will be distributed to the neediest families,” said Zwane.