The school is popular and has more than doubled its size since last year. But money is scarce. Some parents cannot pay their monthly school fees and the school receives almost no other support. Although the school has done a lot to raise its own funds, it still desperately needs help (See sidebar).
Earlier in the year, the municipality built two small flush toilets for the children. Pamela Sandi, the school’s supervisor, said the children were so excited to have proper flushing toilets that they sometimes went to the toilet, even when they didn’t need it, just to see them and sit on them.
The teachers, however, still use the bucket toilets, as they are afraid of breaking the little loos.
Sandi, who is trying desperately to take the school from strength to strength, cannot do it without the help of the community.
“My dream is for everyone to be excited to come to school, because of an incentive and a love of the school,” says Sandi.
Here is a list of things that the school needs:
• Donations for the school to buy T-shirts for a local nursery schools’ sports day on 20 May. Sandi has raised R1200 already, but still needs R1 800.
• Monthly donation of vegetables or other food to feed the children.
• The school needs mattresses for the children to rest on during the day. Winter is coming and the mat that the children have to lie on is cold and hard.
• A water tank has been donated to the school, but they do not have gutters for the rain water to run through and into the tank.
• At least one adult-size flush toilet is needed. More children-size toilets are also needed.
• Toys and educational toys.
• The ceiling inside the school is in a very bad condition. It has recently started to leak and the staff are worried that it will collapse and possibly injure the children.
Contact Pamela Sandi at 073 313 0847 if you can help the school in any way, or email Gabi Falanga at g08f0072@campus.ru.ac.za
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