R1,5 Million Water Tanker Brings Post-Flood Relief To Thirsty Communities
Almost six months after the catastrophic floods which wreaked havoc in the KwaZulu-Natal coastalregion, many communities in Durban and its environs are still without potable water, promptingthree organisations to unite in providing a 16 000-litre water tanker to help boost relief operations.Recognising the critical water shortage in, especially, historically disadvantaged and rural areas around Durban […]
Wood-and-Iron Pre-School In KwaMashu, Durban, ReceivesNew R185 000 Classroom
A KwaMashu, Durban, pre-school and creche, forced to utilise two wood-and-iron structures toserve 130 children aged six months to five years for the past five years, has been equipped with anew mobile classroom valued at R185 000, thanks to the efforts of the South African MuslimCharitable Trust (SAMCT). Handing over the new facility to Sekusile […]
Old-Age Home Keeps The Lights After Receiving A R355 000 Solar Power System Donation
A R355 000 solar power system has considerably eased the crippling effects of utility billings for aSydenham, Durban, old-age home. The system was donated by the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT) in response to adebilitating eThekwini Municipality electricity arrears charge of R350 000, which had left theStranraer Charitable Trust’s Stranraer House in dire financial […]
R800 000 Mobile Classroom Donation Enables 200 Displaced Learners Access To School Again
Two hundred learners from a Sydenham, Durban, primary school displaced from four classroomsrendered structurally unsound by April’s devastating flooding are back in school following a donationof mobile classrooms. The donation of four mobile classrooms, collectively valued at R800 000, was made to SpearmanRoad Primary School by the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT). Speaking at […]
Disadvantaged Phoenix School Turns Teaching With Technology Dream Into Reality After R285 000 Donation
A severely under-resourced Phoenix, Durban, secondary school’s dream of integrating technologyinto the classroom has become a reality with a donation of three interactive whiteboards and airconditioning, collectively valued at R285 000, by the South African Muslim Charitable Trust (SAMCT). Speaking at the recent hand-over of the new educational tools to Crystal Point Secondary School,SAMCT representative, […]
Financially-Challenged Greytown School Receives New Mini-Bus, Putting Learners On The Road to Educational Activities And Sporting and Cultural Events
After being denied access to educational excursions and external sporting and cultural events fothree years following the demise of the school’s 25-year-old vehicle, the school’s historicallydisadvantaged learners are on the road again, thanks to the donation of a brand new 14-seater minibus. The school has faced enormous financial challenges and the repair of its aged […]
R360 000 Classrooms Donation Eases Class Size Crisis At Ndwedwe Primary School
R360 000 Classrooms Donation Eases Class Size Crisis At Ndwedwe Primary School For Immediate Release: 07 June 2022 ——————————————————————————————————————————- because it is here that children learn the important skills which prepare them for life. It is primary education that provides the solid foundation upon which the talents of the nation’s youth may grow. That start in life […]
R950 000 Donation Sees Hall Construction At Sought-after Rural School Outside Howick
R950 000 Donation Sees Hall Construction At Sought-after Rural School Outside Howick For Immediate Release: 02 June 2022 ——————————————————————————————————————————- A deeply rural and significantly under-funded high school, outside Howick, catering for almost double the number of learners it was designed for now has a hall, the result of a R950 000 donation. The hall construction […]
R535 000 Classrooms Donation The Answer To Overcrowding Crisis At Lindelani-based Primary School
R535 000 Classrooms Donation The Answer To Overcrowding Crisis At Lindelani-based Primary School For Immediate Release: 01 June 2022 ——————————————————————————————————————————- Classes of up to 54 learners at a significantly under-resourced Lindelani, KwaMashu, primary school are a thing of the past, thanks to the donation of three new mobile classrooms, collectively valued at R535 000. The […]
Inner-city School in Durban Given a R248 000 Media Centre, Turning a Technology Dream into a Reality
Inner-city School in Durban Given a R248 000 Media Centre, Turning a Technology Dream into a Reality For Immediate Release: 26 May 2022 ——————————————————————————————————————————- A Durban inner-city school’s dream of creating a new-age media centre to enable its disadvantaged learners access to the technological age has become the beginning of a new reality, the result of a […]