Businesses brighten the futures of poor pupils
Pupils of seven schools in Pretoria recently benefited from a recent donation of stationery and art.
When a child is empowered not only the child wins, but the entire community wins.
This proved to be case when pupils from seven schools, namely Transoranje School in Pretoria West, Lotus Primary School combined in Cyme Cres, Mahlahle Primary School in Sausville, Vhalliespark Primary School in Centurion, New Hope Special School in Ashlea Gardens, Nellmapius Primary School in Nellmapius and Umthombo Primary School in Mamelodi, received stationery, art materials and school bags recently.
The generous donation was made by the Centurion-based accounting firm Nexia SAB & T and the non-profit organisation Literacy for Life.
“We assisted cash-strapped schools around the country by providing them with stationery, art materials and WriteRight educational products,” said Nexia spokesperson Abisha Katerere.
Katerere said their project, Adopt A School, selected seven underprivileged schools in Pretoria to assist and ensure the children in the foundation phase had the best chance of learning to read and write.
“We also wanted to give them the opportunity to express themselves through drawing and painting or art in general.”
“We [the school] are very humbled and happy about the donation, and this will help pupils when they have to do their school work,” said Fanie Songo, headmaster of Umthombo Primary School.
Songo added that it was everyone’s business to assist poorer pupils.
Tumelo Swanepoel (13), a pupil at Nellmaspius Primary School, said he was happy about the donation.
“I would like to thank Mr Katerere and his team for the donation,” he said.
Swanepoel said before the donation, he was often punished at school for not doing his homework.
“I struggled when teachers gave me a task to do at home because I did not have a pair of scissors to make the cut-outs or the glue to stick the cuttings in my book.”
“We believe our children’s education is of the utmost importance, and ensuring pupils learn to read and write, equips them with a skill that remains with them forever, and brightens their future.”
Katerere added that a child who started Grade 1 with the right basic equipment had a positive outlook on the rest of their school career.
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