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Izazi High School received classrooms for all of its 170 students currently enrolled. Established in 2004, the school aims to offer classes with special emphasis given to the fields of science and commerce. The principal of Izazi, Mandla Motloung, said, "Air Products has been our savior. We have been housed at Sigodiphola Primary School since our school was established. We have never had a classroom or even a chalkboard to teach the children with before. We are so grateful to Air Products for these classrooms, and we will endeavor to look after them."
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Siphesihle Primary also received classrooms sponsored by Air Products. The school was established in 2001 with learners from grades one to seven, with a total enrollment of 720 learners. From inception, the classes have been given in dark and cold, makeshift structures. Learners suffer under the severe winter conditions as some of the "classrooms" have no doors, let alone windows. These learners are from the poor families in the community, whose parents are not working or who have passed on. The joy of the learners and teachers was written all over their faces as the classroom keys were handed over to principal, Sibusiso Mtshali. |
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A dining hall was presented to Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity (NOAH), an NGO which has branches in many parts of South Africa. Its purpose is to look after orphans whose parents have passed on due to HIV/AIDS. Noah in Madadeni is housed at Qedizaba Primary School, where it is running a feeding scheme for 375 kids from the Madadeni district. Air Products took up the challenge to build a dining hall and kitchen for NOAH where they can cook and feed the orphans. NOAH representative, Phumzile Nyembe, was in tears as Mike Hellyar handed over the keys of the new dining hall where the children can now eat together as a family. |
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