CVO schools donate trees to Voortrekker Monument
"Our vision is to keep on building on our heritage, and the monument is part of history and heritage. We want to protect the history that is precious and important to us."
In the spirit of two of the Beweging vir Christelik-Volkseie Onderwys (CVO) schools’ 30 years celebrations, they left their own legacy at the Voortrekker Monument.
They proudly donated 16 trees to the monument of which six were planted on Wednesday, April 6 by the management, staff, alumni and learners.
They also donated 14 proteas to the monument.
The chairperson of the schools’ board, George Bester, described it as an honor to leave their legacy at the monument.
“Our vision is to keep on building on our heritage, and the monument is part of history and heritage. We want to protect the history that is precious and important to us in the future,” said Bester.
Learners from the CVO school in the east of Pretoria and Derby, in North West as well as an alumnus group of Dankbaar, proudly dug into the ground for their own heritage.
“It makes me feel proud,” said a Grade 11 learner of CVO in Pretoria, Alida de Bruin.
Chairperson of the board of the Voortrekker Monument, Cassie Aucamp, believes this is how one builds the future of Afrikaans and Afrikaner heritage; through gestures like those of the youth.
“The Voortrekker Monument stands for ‘our place and our story’. We need our children to get more involved, because if we have a ‘place and our story’, and we do not share it with the youth of today, it will be difficult to build on our heritage,” he said.
The learners also took a tour of the historic Trekking Trail Garden and monument.
More trees will also be planted at probably one of the most unique battlefields in South Africa, the Blood River heritage site.
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