More than a 1000 pupils receive new school shoes
The Siyanqoba SocioInvest Foundation, a non-profit organisation, recently embarked on a school shoe project, which provided 1 500 pupils with new school shoes.
The schools that received the shoes are Geluksdal Secondary School, Geluksdal Primary School and Geluksdal Primary School (2).
The shoe project was made possible by a generous donation/sponsorship from TOMS, a company in the USA that manufactures shoes.
The team, Nelson Shikwambana, Rupert Hermanus, Vincent Thungo, Busisiwe Dlamini, Thulani Msibi, Beverly Fraser, Antoinette Petersen and Rudy Masha, handed out the shoes to learners in the three schools.
Part of the activities of the day was to motivate and encourage the learners to stay in school and to take their education seriously.
This was done in partnership with the Department of Education, Ekudibeng Region, Chief Director: District Operations Management.
Accompanying the team to the different schools as part of motivation for the learners was the eldest educator, Elizabeth du Plessis (also known as Gram), in the Geluksdal community.
She is 101 years old and still had the strength to stand and address thousands of learners.
