2ND PLACE 2010
Vegetable Garden and Soul Buddies Mrs. Gumede Jabulile Gobhela Primary School – Hibberdene
Mrs Jabulile serves in a number of committees
How did you overcome those challenges?
which deal with the greening of her school, veg-
I have successfully applied for identity documents
Project descriptioN etable gardens, an environmental committee, regional and national science expo adjudicating, the sports committee and many more. As the Soul Buddies of the schools they collected blankets, non-perishable foods and donated them to the needy learners. The community, church and local businesses were involved in their campaign. They also cleaned the homes of some of their learners e.g. Meyiwa Lindokuhle’s which is headed by a blind old lady. Lindokuhle is a grade 7 learner and
for the Hadebe family, pension grant for Sebenzani Khumalo and taken out a funeral cover for them as well. The prize money will be used to buy building material for the construction of the Chiliza home. Some of it will be used to source officials to teach parents on home and financial management and for the vegetable gardening – starting with those that I have assisted.
What made you start the project?
Mrs Gumede Jabulile won R10 000 towards her project for entering the Stars in Education Awards.
I have a number of learners who were school drop-outs that I managed to bring back to the classroom, gave them love, food and clothing. Because many learners are orphans and vulnera-
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Mrs Jabulile managed to bring him back to the classroom from the street.
ble children and poverty stricken, I buy uniforms, pay for school fees and provide support to them through food parcels, shelter, clothing and counseling.
We have built a house for the Hadebe
family who were in need and we are now planning to build a home for the Chiliza family.
Tell us about some challenges you faced? Many of the learners do not have birth certificates or identification documents to apply for social grants that could help their living and school arrangements.
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