New toilet facilities for primary school
Jojo tanks have also been connected to the facility to ensure that the toilets will be flushable, with all the waste flowing into a septic system.
In an effort to combat the lack of facilities and infrastructure in rural schools, the Wild Coast Sun officially unveiled new toilet facilities at Khanyisani Primary School in Redoubt last Friday.
The building of the facility began last year but completion was delayed due to the national lockdown and subsequently resumed this year.
“We feel very passionate about assisting where we can, so we responded to this request as it really was a cry for help. They only had a few toilets here for this little school, we built them a lavatory block,” said Sonja Stroud, the environmental manager for the Wild Coast Sun.
The new facility has four toilets each for the boys and girls from grades one to seven, with two toilets on the side for the Grade R’s. On the other side of the building is also another male and female toilet facility for the the school staff.
Jojo tanks have also been connected to the facility to ensure that the toilets will be flushable, with all the waste flowing into a septic system.
“We as the Wild Coast Sun don’t just build and abandon our projects. Once we’ve built something for a school we like to come back and monitor if it’s working or maintained. If we find any problems with the toilets we will assist in whatever way we can,” said Sonja.
Amongst those in attendance was Wild Coast Sun general manager Peter Tshidi, who believed that initiatives like these were beneficial not just for education but school safety as well.
“It’s important for us to support these kinds of projects and provide facilities of good quality to encourage children to attend school, and most importantly their safety when using the facilities. In some instances we see that some schools have pit toilets where children fall in and die. We took it upon ourselves to ensure that we can assist in any way we can to make the school a safe place,” he said.
School principal Mthetheleli Njomi said: “We are excited and grateful for the donation. We have been using pit toilets that are dangerous, and for the children to be provided with these facilities will have a lot of positive effects on their learning.
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