Money,
through financial aid, supporting the work done by Hillsbrow RC, Johannesburg
working within the New Nations School, Johannesburg, delivering humanitarian
projects that are targeted on pupils attending this school. As will be
seen from the document links, this school caters for children that are
the most disadvantaged in the city - often street-children.
The
mid-day meal they receive via Rotary volunteers will often be the only
hot food they receive that day and is conditional on the children attending
school and therefore receiving Education. Most of these children have
no obvious families and no visible means of support.
They
are destitute.
The
main aims of the project, which is being supported by Hereford Wye Valley
RC are threefold…
• Give humanitarian aid to extremely disadvantaged children from the Hillbrow
and Berea areas of Johannesburg.
•
Enhance education opportunities and literary training for children attending
the New Nation School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
•
Supply education and regular mid-day meals for children attending the
New Nation School, Johannesburg, South Africa. Health and education are
a vital part of life for children attending this school.
Coming
from the most disadvantaged area of the city of Johannesburg, the pupils
would get neither without the intervention of voluntary organizations
such as Rotary.
Nutrition
and Education are conditional upon each other. Regular Nutrition will
improve the children’s health and enable them to escape from a life on
the streets or rubbish tips in search of food scraps – thus providing
the opportunity to attend school.
Education
is the key to escaping the poverty trap – This project will provide that
opportunity for the poorest children to get a foot on the ladder to an
improved way of life – not just for them but their families.
The
project is being delivered ‘on the ground’ by members of the Hillbrow
Rotary Club, Johannesburg on behalf of Hereford Wye Valley Rotary Club
and is part of their on-going support for this vital requirement and the
United Sisterhood of Johannesburg.
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