ROTARY SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN NEED

By: Lana Coates

Since the start of the school year, Rotary has been busy supporting school students in need:

School shoes

Following our appeal for school shoes, we received sufficient funds to purchase 21 pairs of shoes for our children in need which brought smiles, confidence and a willingness to attend school to many.

School stationery

One of our annual projects at the start of each school year is providing stationery items to the schools (rather than to individual students). Our 5 local primary schools send us their wish lists, we look at our budget and decide how best we can assist each of the schools. Items provided generally include basics such as wax crayons, pencils, pens, erasers, glue stocks, flip-files, books, printer paper and so on.

The reality of load-shedding

Children in less privileged homes do not have the luxury of rechargeable lights by which to do their homework or study for exams. Sometimes a simple conversation or question can lead to great things. Such a question was answered, and we were gifted 60 Solar Rechargeable lights for the Grade 7’s at Die Bron Primary. We say a huge thank you to that very generous anonymous sponsor – the children were absolutely delighted with their lights.