Learners are in for a warm winter
The voluntary donation will help to keep Kid Maponya Primary learners warm during the winter period.
Mogale City’s Executive Mayor, Naga Patrick Lipudi, together with the West Rand Muslim Association and the Speaker of Council, Noluthando Mangole, recently donated over 2 000 sets of winter beanies and gloves to the learners at Kid Maponya Primary School in Kagiso.
Motivated by their belief in helping others, especially the less fortunate, the Muslim group based in Azaadville made the voluntary donation to help Kid Maponya Primary learners keep warm during the winter period.
Talking about the partnership between the West Rand Muslim Association and the school, the Executive Mayor said the school’s leadership is always keen to collaborate with any structure that has an interest in developing young people.
“When the request came in from the West Rand Muslim Association to make a little contribution, the leadership of the school did not hesitate. I want to applaud the leadership of the school for taking responsibility for making sure that young people, as the future, are being looked after,” Lipudi said.
The West Rand Muslim Association’s CEO, Abdullah Yusuf, said his organisation feels that they have a responsibility to the wider community and to satisfy the immediate needs of ordinary people trying to get through the cold winter in extremely difficult conditions.
“We have a poverty alleviation programme and other outreach projects within the West Rand and Mogale City. The purpose of us coming here today is to spread warmth among the various communities of Mogale City just before winter. This is an initiative we do every year just before winter commences – we give beanies and gloves to learners. This has been an ongoing project for approximately ten years and we are hoping to extend it to two more schools on the West Rand.”
The West Rand Muslim Association also plans to distribute blankets to indigents, and wheelchairs and crutches to the disabled community.
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