CSA and cricketers give back to Tembisa school
Children had an opportunity to learn cricket skills from professional cricket players.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) staff and several Protea players held cricket clinics for Seotloana Primary School pupils on July 17.
Children had an opportunity to learn cricket skills from professional cricket players.
CSA dedicated 67 minutes to performing random acts of kindness for children who need it most.
Mr Altaaf Kazi, the CSA communications officer, said Momentum took 60 staff volunteers to Tembisa and they joined hands with CSA and some of the Protea players.
“We’ve injected some resources into the school, like sports equipment, a library and a soup kitchen, to create a better schooling environment,” said Mr Max Jordaan, from CSA.
The school’s governing body, teachers and the local community were on board in the quest to give pupils an improved learning environment when they returned to school on July 20.
“The project was focused on renovations of the school’s library, the feeding scheme kitchen and the cleaning up of the courtyard. This will help the school to have a functional library with proper shelves for books. The ceiling boards were repaired and painted, including repairs to the electrical defects which were identified,” said Mr Kazi.
Protea player Eddie Leie said it is a great initiative for CSA to paint the school, place books in the library, play a few matches with the children and share cricket tips.
“We are happy to be the chosen school for 67 Minutes for Mandela Day and we are also pleased that CSA is here with us to celebrate the day,” said Ms Sylvia Lechaba, a cricket coach at the school.
She also thanked Momentum for everything they had done for the school.
“Giving up 67 minutes of our time each year is the very least we can do to honour the life and vision of Madiba,” said CSA’s chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat.
“It is a salutary reminder to all of us that we need to make the concept of Ubuntu a part of our daily lives so that we can fulfill Madiba’s vision of creating a democratic and equitable South Africa,” he said.
Mr Lorgat thanked Edgars for donating 40 KFC Mini-Cricket T-Shirts, as well as two full sets of cricket kit to the school.
“Our acts of kindness, Ubuntu and compassion should not be restricted to just this day and 67 minutes of it; we should be perpetual in our expression of the spirit of Ubuntu to people we come across on a daily basis,” he said.
