The AfriForum branches in the East Rand donated 25 support packages to schools in the area as part of the #AfriForumStandsTogether for Schools project that was launched in cooperation with AfriForum Youth. These school support packages contain COVID-19 information brochures, patterns for facial masks, electronic thermometers, hand sanitiser and hand sanitiser stands.
The following schools received a package each:
Alberton: Laerskool Orion, Laerskool Randhart and Hoërskool Marais Viljoen
Benoni: Laerskool Rynfield
Boksburg: Laerskool Goudrand, and Hoërskool Dr. E.G. Jansen
Brakpan: Laerskool Brakpan-Oos, Laerskool Dalview, Laerskool Morewag, Laerskool Die Arend and Anzac Primary School
Germiston: Laerskool Oosterkruin, Laerskool Delville and Laerskool Elspark
Kempton Park: Laerskool Birchleigh, Laerskool van Riebeeckpark, Hoërskool Kempton Park and Hoërskool Jeugland
Nigel: Laerskool Tini Vorster
Randburg: Laerskool Fontainebleau
Springs: Laerskool Selectionpark, Laerskool Christiaan Beyers, Laerskool P.A.M. Brink and Selcourt Primary
“AfriForum was inundated with requests from schools who received insufficient help from the Department of Education. AfriForum’s East Rand branches therefore participated in the school project to ensure that learners can safely return to schools to resume the 2020 academic year,” says Stephanus (Butch) Blignault, AfriForum’s District Coordinator for the East Rand.
AfriForum has already distributed more than 40 000 bottles of hand sanitiser, 8 000 posters and 200 thermometers to schools across the country.
The organisation’s East Rand branches want to support even more schools during the challenging times ahead to ensure that these schools function in a safe manner. The branches encourage communities to join this initiative: SMS your name to 45342 (R1) and be part of the solution.
