Cashbuild helps eight local schools
The winning schools each won a Cashbuild building material voucher to the value of R15 000
Eight local schools walked away as winners of the Cashbuild Art-at-Heart competition during the official opening ceremony of the refurbished Cashbuild Tembisa North store last Thursday.
The winning schools each won a Cashbuild building material voucher to the value of R15 000, which they say they will use to improve school facilities.
The eight primary schools, Reagile, Olifantsfontein, Moriting, Mashemong, Mpumelelo, Winnie Mandela, Mikateka and Rev Mapheto, joined over 3 200 other schools across the country to benefit from this initiative.
Reagile Primary School’s principal, John Ntshali, said they will use the voucher to upgrade the safety facilities on the school grounds.
“With this Cashbuild voucher, we will be placing razor wire onto the existing school fence, as well as reinforcing the security bars in the ceiling of our current computer lab. The protection and well-being of our learners is a huge priority,” said Ntshali.
He said they will also use part of the voucher to pave the main entrance area of the school.
Norman Dlamini, the principal of Mashemong Primary School, said: “We are happy and grateful to Cashbuild for this generous voucher as we can now complete some existing maintenance projects around the school.
“These include the painting of some classrooms, refurbishing of some classroom ceilings and fixing the existing toilet facilities for both the girls and boys.”
Mikateka Primary School’s principal, Ben Sibanyoni, said: “With this voucher, we will be fitting metal palisades to partition off the foundation phase learners from the intermediate and senior students. This way, the older and younger learners will have their own separate classrooms.”
He added that they will also be painting the toilet facilities and replacing some tiles.
At the opening ceremony of the refurbished Cashbuild Tembisa North, learners from these primary schools entertained guests with singing, cultural dancing and theatrical performances.
Since the Art-at-Heart campaign was launched 18 years ago, Cashbuild has helped more than 3 200 schools in the country with over R40-million worth of building materials.
