Wish List

  • School running costs have to be supplemented by grants:   An extra R700000 is needed annually
  • Demolish two asbestos class rooms and replace with double story to increase the number of classrooms
  • The annual government grant is insufficient to run 22 departments.    Grants and donations are needed to supplement educational and educator resources, training, learnerships,medical, transport, salaries for teachers, therapists and other staff, etc.   Without grants, the programmes would not be able to operate which would be of serious detriment to thousands of beneficiaries, as there are very few such facilities available in South Africa.    The Foundation has to raise a minimum of R2.5 million annually.  Budgets etc available
  • Volunteers to assist in various departments (school hours) i.e. Imikhonto, WEP, Admissions
  • Food for feeding scheme, uniforms, school holiday food hampers, clothing for indigent children
  • Bursaries for children who are not able to pay fees (over 60% of pupils fall into the low income bracket)
  • British Army Royal Signals soldiers annual 2 week mission to paint and maintain the school:   accommodation, lunches, petrol (late January period) or R12000 to cover expenses including maintenance materials
  • Wheelchairs (manual and electric), assistive devices for mobility, communication, activities for daily living, computers, printers, computer consumables, paper A4/A3
  • Ingredients for commercial bakery, enterprise development training and learnerships
  • Employment opportunities for school leavers and learnership students
  • Corporates to donate computers (not older than 3 to 4 years) for leanership students to upgrade and re-sell
  • Corporates to order computer consumables, new computers, laptops from learnership small business training
  • Public, corporate and food outlets to order bulk bread from bakery