Societies and Societies Services
Interact Teacher-in-charge: Ms Dirkya Botha Head: Angeliki Carvounes Deputy: Julia Kabat Committee: Chryssa van der Merwe, Cheyenne Rohm, Lynn Robertson, Sameera Mahomedy, Petruné Beattie, Alexandra Mould
During Term 1, Interact hosted a Mothers-and-Daughters’ Tea. An ice-cream sale had been held to raise money to purchase necessary items for the tea.
This year’s theme was “Mardi Gras” and the main quad was transformed with brightly coloured table cloths and a mask. The girls and their mothers were entertained by Bishops group, “Simply Blue”, and various speakers. All enjoyed the finger food prepared by Bon Appetit. The event was a great success and Interact managed to raise over R10 000 in aid of a local old age home. Term 2 began with an Easter Egg drive. The marshmallow eggs were delivered to various homes in Cape Town. Later in the term, with the cold and wet winter weather upon us, Interact held a blanket drive. These blankets were delivered to Place of Hope, a women’s shelter, and Christine.
Habitat for Humanity Teacher-in-charge: Ms Lorraine Gardiner Head: Kirsten Bennett Deputy: Nicola Barrett Committee: Kimberley Skead, Magenta Graziani, Gladys Kisela, Kirsty Schlemmer, Ayesha Semaar, Jaime Maher
BRIC is a youth initiative which serves as a sub-section of the internationally recognised NGO, Habitat for Humanity.
The goal of Habitat for Humanity is to raise funds in order to combat the sub-standard housing problem in previously disadvantaged areas. Learners from Rustenburg, Bishops and Westerford all share this goal and, together, form BRIC. BRIC hosted smaller fundraising events leading up to Cyclathon. These included a Spur evening, a civvies day, cake sales, and a comedy evening. All the funds raised contributed towards the R91 000 which is required to build a house. At the Cyclathon held at the V&A Waterfront, each cyclist cycled for 20 minutes and eight stationery bikes were kept going for 25 hours. There were bikes allocated to each school, and there was also a bike on which members of the audience could cycle. Brilliant entertainment, such as Perfect Score, La Vi, The Brothers Streep, and others, helped to maintain spirit during the day. The Cyclathon was a huge success. Two houses can be built with the money raised this year. Hopefully, the success of the Cyclathon will only continue in the years to come, and the housing problem will improve. Although one house does not make a significant impact to the lack of housing in South Africa, each house certainly makes a difference to the family for which it is built.
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