Take My Hand to help with uniforms
KGABO Chokoe (24) from Seshego is the founder of Take My Hand South Africa, a non-governmental organisation which aims to help provide school uniforms for South African children and improve the level of teaching and learning via electronic learning systems.
Maseo Nethanani
LIMPOPO – KGABO Chokoe (24) from Seshego is the founder of Take My Hand South Africa, a non-governmental organisation which aims to help provide school uniforms for South African children and improve the level of teaching and learning via electronic learning systems.
The organisation was formed in 2013 and has nine committed members.
“Our primary objective was to open a central application centre for all schools and institutions in South Africa and give primary schools and high schools free websites with online application facilities. Currently, our primary objective is to help fund secure learning materials to all disadvantaged learners, create a mobi web portal for e-learning on cell phones based on the South Africa curriculum, but due to a lack of funds and financial problems, our plan failed,” says Chokoe.
He says most parents could not afford to buy their children school uniforms.
“I discovered that some of the learners are orphans, some of the parents do not have jobs and other learners lived with their disabled parents. In 2014, we came up with a plan to help another organisation donate sanitary towels to Polokwane Place of Safety,” he says.
He adds that in January, they started to visit charity centres and disadvantaged areas to help improve their standard of living.
“We have been working on that and with the help of volunteers, we visited four primary schools in Seshego, Phishego, Mponegele, Peakanyo and Letlotlo Primary Schools, where we donated school socks to the learners. We believe that a giving hand is a receiving hand because blessed is the hand that gives.
“Our next project is donating clothes and blankets to disadvantaged children at Polokwane Place of Safety.”
