Netcare, President Hyper and cops spoil Tjokkertjies
Emergency workers, President Hyper staff and even cops visited learners form Tjokkertjies vir Jesus for a fun-filled day of education.
The learners from Tjokkertjie vir Jesus were treated to a fun day at school recently thanks to emergency services Netcare and President Hyper.
The day was organised by Netcare Milpark who arranged for the police’s mounted unit, forensic services, emergency services, public safety, various security companies, the fire brigade, and search and rescue to visit the learners and teach them about the various aspects of the emergency services. Jeany Blignaut from Netcare 911 organised that the different departments came together on the day.
Leanne van Rooy, Milpark’s trauma programme manager explained that they host a few of the trauma injury prevention days at schools and this time they chose Tjokkertjies. During these programmes they teach road safety, burn prevention and hands-on safety.
She said they wished to teach the children that they do not have to be afraid of the police, or of doctors if they ever have to go to hospital.
The children’s ages are from three-year-olds and up.
For the little ones the fun day started with a talk from Constable Sidi Peters whose horse Spike (PAS 713) was also there. Spike is used when criminals run into the bush, for stadium visibility, patrols at state funerals and educational days. They children also had the opportunity to ride on the police horses.
The older children got to see Sergeant Reinier Henning from the West Rand K9 Search and Rescue unit and his dog Duke in action. From there the children were taken from one stall to the other for demonstrations and talks.
The day was made extra special when the admin team from President Hyper also paid the school a visit. They brought a donation of groceries, blankets and toys as well as snack packs for the children. Simone Stander explained that they brought non-perishable food for the school to last them four weeks. The donations were raised by the admin staff of President Hyper and they decided that this year for their 67 minutes they wanted to help the children in the community.
