Mtwalume Primary grateful for ‘brITe box’ sponsorship

The school was one of two in the province to be a beneficiary of two complete mobile computer boxes aka the ‘brITe box’ with 40 tablets and a laptop server built into a mobile trolley, valued at R500 000.

May 24, 2018

Vanisha Moodley 1 minute read

Sponsors of the new 'brITe box' project (from left) Paul Makhanya, ACSA SED specialist; Sbongile Shange of ACSA; Sheila Rambali, school principal; Colin Naidoo, ACSA senior communications manager; Mr SA Chetty, Department of Education; Shaeestha Tufail, giveITback business development manager with Silindile Zama and Thea Govindsamy of ACSA.

Mtwalume Primary was more than grateful for the sponsorship it received from Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) in partnership with GiveITback, an organisation that offers IT solutions for underprivileged schools and communities in Africa.

Last Thursday, the school was one of two schools in the province to be a beneficiary of two complete mobile computer boxes aka the ‘brITe box’ with 40 tablets and a laptop server built in a mobile trolley valued at R500 000.

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“Technology plays a major role in our daily life and it is for this reason we are honoured to hand-over the mobile computer labs to these schools,” said Terence Delomoney, general manager of King Shaka International, “Trying to grasp concepts can prove to be quite a challenge without practical application and with this project we trust the teachers and pupils will put these resources to good use, thus, improving their level of competence and proficiency in computer studies.”

The last time a project was done by the company was two years ago in Buffelsdraai, so this was now their successful follow-up project.

Paul Makhanya, socio-economic development specialist said: “By providing much-needed IT infrastructure in these schools today, we are investing in the future of these pupils to be academics, professionals and leaders of this country. These tablets won’t only serve computer studies but will facilitate training with maths, science and research for the pupils.”

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Principal of Mtwalume Primary School, Sheila Rambali, could not thank their sponsors enough for this sponsorship. “This means so much to our little school as we often feel left out of the community when compared to other schools, so for us to be recognised is amazing,” said Mrs Rambali.

“The project now enables the school to transform any classroom into a computer lab,” said Colin Naidoo, senior manager corporate affairs of King Shaka International Airport.