Sasol Energy reach out to township school

Sasol Energy has donated a mobile kitchen container to Marhulana Primary School, a facility that will help the school’s feeding scheme to run efficiently. The donation was made on June 12.

Sasol’s executive vice president, Maurice Radebe, said the donation came about as a result of a partnership the company has with the school.

He said the container would help to improve the learners’ nutrition and provide learners with healthy meals.

“As an executive at Sasol I have on behalf of the company adopted the school.

“The first thing we did some few months ago, was to run a career guidance programme for the learners to help the young people to think big.

“The principal told us that although they ran a feeding scheme, the difficulty was that they lacked a facility to run a proper feeding scheme.

“They needed a mobile kitchen unit to replace the class rooms they previously used for the purpose,” said Radebe.

Radebe said the company responded to their request by providing the school with a big disused shipping container which has been converted into a fully furnished kitchen.

“Children can not learn on a hungry stomach.

“As we know, many of these children come from poor families and we need to make sure the children grow holistically to reach their full potential,” said Radebe

Ward 4 Clr Pat Mkhabela said they appreciated the gesture by the energy company.

“This shows that education for our children is taken seriously.

“We thank Sasol for supporting our school,” said Mkhabela.

Head of the school Sarah Mahlagare said the school was a appreciative of the donation, and would begin using the new facility at the start of the second term.

“It is well furnished and compliant with health standards.

“We will continue our partnership with Sasol because working together is beneficial to the learners.

“The learners gain knowledge from the company that often give talks to about different things in their industry,” said Mahlagare.