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    Drought-stricken schools supplied with rainwater tanks

    Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoFebruary 15, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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    In a joint initiative with the Rotaract Club of Port Alfred, the Fish River Sun brought the needs of two local schools to the attention of the Rotaract committee so they were included in a list of beneficiaries in Rotaract’s rain water tank project.

    In a joint initiative with the Rotaract Club of Port Alfred, the Fish River Sun brought the needs of two local schools to the attention of the Rotaract committee so they were included in a list of beneficiaries in Rotaract’s rain water tank project.

    Tatshana Primary School and Jama Secondary School from the Prudhoe district collected their tanks from the resort last week.

    Both Tatshana and Jama rely solely on rainwater for the daily running of their schools, as neither school has succeeded in their bids to gain access to municipal water.

    Principal Manyela of Tatshana Primary says that the school receives limited government funding. The school caters to over 200 primary school learners on a daily basis.

    Jama Secondary School educates more than four hundred high school learners daily. Principal Mafongosi says that the rainwater tanks will “fulfill a great purpose” as the school has no access to municipal water either and relies on fresh water for cooking, cleaning and sanitation purposes.

    The principal also says they are striving to maintain the small garden of trees planted in Arbour Week by  the Fish River Sun.

    The trees are the only source of shade for the learners in the otherwise barren  playground. Both schools were very grateful to receive the donation of the water tanks.

    They havealso appealed to the public to pass on old reading books, textbooks, educational items, and equipment to the schools.

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