Help a girl child polish her crown campaign successful
“The learners came in their numbers and we even exceeded our target (50 learners) by plaiting the hair of 58 learners,” said Buys.
A total of 58 learners in grades 1 to 8 went to school looking extra beautiful this week.
This came after the school girls had their hair plaited for free, thanks to Jessica Buys (23) from Mamelodi East and her friends who started a back-to-school campaign called – Help a girl child polish her crown.
Jessica Buys said the event was a success “even though we had to quickly change the venue in the last minute”.
“The learners came in their numbers and we even exceeded our target (50 learners) by plaiting the hair of 58 learners,” said Buys.
It is all thanks to the 18 volunteers who took their time to come and plait the learners from 08:00 to 15:00.
“Our main aim was to encourage the learners to go to school looking beautiful with new hairstyles,” said Buys.
“We plaited their hair for free, especially needy children,” Buys said.
“Polishing their crowns just in time for the schools to reopen on 15 February boosted their confidence and helped them look forward to going back to school with no worries,” said Buys.
“Most of the learners we plaited, their parents and grandparents can’t afford to take them to a salon to do their hair.”
The school children had the opportunity to get Benny and Betty and free-hand cornrow hairstyles for free.
Buys said this is the second free hairstyle campaign. The first campaign was held last December.
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“Then we managed to do free hairstyles for 48 children, aged between six and 18 years old, with the Christmas day hairstyle campaign.”
Buys further said they are planning to host another campaign during the school holidays for the second term.
She said the volunteers came with wool and the children could choose their dream hairstyles.
The community members helped a lot in making the campaign a success with donations of refreshments and food for the children.
Thandanani Drop Inn centre also helped with the venue and with toys to keep the learners busy while waiting.
Buys said her passion to do hair started last year at the beginning of the lockdown around March when she started doing hair for fun.
She said today she has her own business called Hair by Nolo.
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