Gift of the Givers, in partnership with Mercedes-Benz SA, has donated 10 much-needed water augmentation systems to five schools in Mdantsane and Duncan Village.
Sinethemba High School, the first to receive their donation, has been a recipient of Gift of the Givers’ charity work on several occasions.
The organisation donated food parcels and school uniforms to pupils at the school during the flood disaster that hit East London earlier this year.
Gift of the Givers also donated brand new toilets to the school in June.
Sinethemba principal Landile Tola said the latest donation was appreciated by both the pupils and teachers.
“We are very grateful for this donation because of where the school is situated.
“We are a very poor community and whenever we had no water we would have to send the pupils home. These Jojo tanks will bring us much-needed relief.
“Mercedes-Benz has also provided us with assistance with the study camps that we are currently running for the grade 12 learners,” said Tola.
One of the pupils, Sinalo Mangete, said the assistance from Gift of the Givers had made pupils’ school experience a lot less stressful.
“The food parcels and hygiene packs have been so helpful and having nice, clean toilets is good for us.
“We are now taking part in a study camp because we want to pass.
“We don’t want to disappoint the people who are doing these initiatives to help us. We want to make them proud,” Sinalo said.
The schools identified to receive water tanks include Sinethemba High School, Masixole High School, Mzomhle Secondary School, Ebenezer Majombozi High School, and Makinana Primary School.
