Keeping a girl child in school
This program is aimed at minimising the rate of school drop-outs in relation to girls
November 2016 saw the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Education launching a program that would help with the provision of sanitary packs to indigent learners across the province.
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This program is aimed at minimising the rate of school drop-outs in relation to girls. The Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality welcomed this move through Operation Sakhume Sakhe (OSS), wherein the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality partnered with the Al-Imdaad Foundation through OSS.
Inkosi Langalibalele Mayor Jabulile Mbele takes education very seriously and has a zest for seeing academic excellence through the establishment of private or public partnerships with various stakeholders.
It was in the very same spirit that the Al-Imdaad Foundation United Kingdom volunteers and Food for Thought volunteers all the way from Blackburn, partnered with the municipality in a theme called ‘Keep a girl child in school this season’.
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The Mayor had acquired donations from the foundation, which saw the distribution of hygiene packs and feminine dignity packs done successfully. Mpumelelo High School, situated in a deep rural area but academically achieving, was a beneficiary of this program.
About 100 packs were handed to girls on January 15 in Ward five. The program was extended to primary school learners in the same ward.
Geza Primary School also benefited from this partnership. The Mayor handed over 100 school bags to 100 needy learners courtesy of Al-Imdaad Foundation and Food for Thought (donors from the United Kingdom).
Mrs Mbele addressed learners and educators at both schools, where she unambiguously cited the importance of education to enable deprived learners to shape their destiny.
She asked for the best performance in classes and thanked the Al-Imdaad Foundation and Food for Thought for the generous intervention.
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