By Chris Totobela and Luvuyo Mjekula
On Monday morning, Victoria Primary School handed over collected toiletries to top Makhanda women’s football side, African Connection.
Victoria Primary heeded the call to help African Connection with the collection of toiletries that will be handed over to young girls who need them most in the community.
A box of toiletries was handed over by the school’s sport committee in a well organized function in a packed school hall on Monday. The VP girls only had a few days to collect the goods and have done a stunning job.
A few days later, two other donors – FNB at Pepper Grove Mall and Hi Tec in New Street, handed over to the team, a box sanitary pads and boxes of fruit respectively.
African Connection is hosting its annual Diski Queens 7s tournament as part of National Women’s Day celebrations this week.
VP’s Kerry-Lee Knott-Craig led the whole collection campaign and was pleased with what the girls achieved in a very short space of time.
African Connection thanked VP for the great work they have done and for going out of their way to help the less fortunate.
“This is a true demonstration of Ubuntu and a clear testimony of how Makhandans love and support each other in the time of need.”
The Diski Queens 7s tournament will take place on Women’s Day (Friday, 9 August) at JD Dlepu Stadium in Joza, kicking off at 9am and is expected to draw large crowds as it did last year.
FNB team leader Unathi Tyani said: “It’s a good initiative because we have those who cannot attend school while they are on their periods. We would like all girls to be able to attend school and become something at the end of the day. We are hoping this can go a long way, maybe we’ll get lawyers and presidents from them.”
Branch manager Shirese Russion added: “We love giving to the community.”
Totobela expressed immense gratitude to all the donors on behalf of the young women.
