THE founder of KhakiBush Africa Foundation and KhakiBush Magazine, Craig Mitchell, and journalist, editor, and author, Greg Arde, delivered non-perishables to secondary schools in the vicinity of Manyoni Private Game Reserve during the annual matric camps.

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The supplies came from The Domino Foundation and were sent to the camp to see the in-residence Grade 12s through the next phase of their three-week swot time.

Many of the students come from homes where quiet corners dedicated to intense hours of revision are tough to come by.

“The camps are fixed events on the schools’ calendar with up to 200 Grade 12s packing up their bedding and moving in. The schools provide space set aside for the students to revise their work and then to sleep after having been given a meal. Parents and other community members are part of the action in catering and cleaning, with their Grade 12 offspring joining them in the household chores,” said Mitchell.

125kg of porridge mix was donated by JAM SA, which feeds over 90 000 learners across the country.

“It was a privilege to be part of this trip and heartwarming to see how grateful the pupils were to receive these donations. The commitment of the teachers to these education camps is incredible,” said Arde.

Mandlakazi High School’s principal, Mrs Nzimande, stated that since these camps began, the school’s pass rate escalated from 35% to 85.5%.

This escalation took place over a space of four years.

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