Cellphone giant supports shoe initiative
This was a dream come true and a beginning of more campaigns to help the community.
The Highvelder Cares and the Top 20 campaigns received a much needed boost for their shoes initiatives when cellphone giant Vodacom donated 110 pairs of shoes last Wednesday.
The shoes were distributed to New Ermelo Primary School (49 pairs), Camden Combined Secondary (32 pairs) and Siyazi Primary School in Breyten (29 pairs).
This was as a result of the Highvelder writing to Vodacom for a donation towards the campaign and later teeming up with the Top 20 team who had also collected donations from various local businesses to assist needy learners identified by the teachers.
The principals from the respective schools, Mr Vusi Msibi, Mr Sipho Sihlali and Ms Fikile Msibi, expressed their gratitude for the donations, saying they would go a long way in assisting their learners.
Vodacom Mpumalanga said they were pleased to be part of the campaign to help underprivileged school pupils. The group chief officer of corporate affairs, Ms Maya Makanjee, said supporting this initiative was very important to them as education is important to their company.
“If we can show our support and make a difference by keeping pupils warm, then it’s definitely a red-letter initiative for us,” she said.
She said supporting education is the main focus of the Vodacom Foundation and this initiative reflected their commitment to help improve the standard and quality of education in the country. For the organisers, Lerato Mnculwane of the Highvelder Cares, Raputla Shabangu and Kuhle Mpofu of The Top 20, this was a dream come true and a beginning of more campaigns to help the community.
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