Teachers, learners and general workers get their hands dirty at disability school
Filadelfia Secondary School staff members get together to clean the school premises to produce a conducive environment for learners.
Filadelfia Secondary School staff members got their hands dirty on Saturday when they cleaned their school in Soshanguve Block L.
Schoolteachers and general workers, together with the forensic members of the SAPS came together to produce a tidy and conducive environment for learners after receiving cleaning materials from the South African National Defence Force, last Thursday.
Ellen Mogoatle, of the Soshanguve forensic police, said they chose to celebrate Mandela day with the school because disabled learners were still being discriminated against.
“These learners come from different provinces such as Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. Even though some of them have their mothers and siblings nearby to assist them, we as the SAPS are also here to support them,” said Mogoatle.
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Mogoatle said even though their work involved keeping the community safe, it was also important to reach out to schools.
“We went to the garden to clean and we also cleaned up the school premises.
“We issued 50 sanitary pads to 50 girls,” said Mogoatle.
Assistant teacher Jimmy Mpheme said they want to set a good example to learners.
“We are still celebrating Mandela Day with the donations we got from the SA Army on Mandela Day. We believe that this day needs to be celebrated each and every day for everyone to give back to the community,” said Mpheme.
“The real purpose of this is to help these learners to be independent in the future. By doing so we are teaching them to love their school environment and to love themselves too.”
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Learner Itumeleng Makofani (17) said they were also proud that they did their best to keep their school in a conducive environment.
“Even though we are living with a disability, we are able to clean our own school premises because we love to stay in a clean environment.
“In most cases, when we tell people that we are the reason why our school is always neat and tidy, they tend not to believe us since we are living with a disability,” said Makofani.
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