Emyezweni School Project - exciting times !

Emyezweni school, in the disadvantaged community of Lwandle, Western Cape of South Africa, is celebrating as the first stage of their expansion plans begin. Originally a pre-school only, the dream of expanding to provide primary education, is now being realised.

A previously unused piece of land next to their current site has been marked off ready for a new classroom. This will become part of their existing playground and house the Grade 3 / 4 Class. The land will be cleared and paved; a builder will extend the perimeter wall to include the new area. Two extra toilets will be built for use by this class and will enable the school to increase their total number of children to 229. Huge thanks to everyone for continuing to fundraise for this project

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Encouraging self-sufficiency for families in Zambia

Ukuthasa is pleased to support two small-scale livestock projects in Zambia: a chicken project in Sikaunzwe and a pig project in Limalunga. Plans are to develop a small-scale model that can be replicated and managed by two people. If the model proves to be successful, the plan is to help other families with start-up costs over a one-year period. The costs would be paid back through the sale of livestock. In this way we hope to help families to feed themselves and create wealth.

Can you help by sponsoring a pig (£40) or a chicken (£5)?

Child Sponsorship Programme

We are delighted at the success of our child sponsorship programme which was introduced in 2007 for Grade R children at Emyezweni Pre-School. The aim is to give each child the support he or she needs to continue with their studies and encourage them to progress to primary school education.

£25 per month full sponsorship or £12.50 co-sponsorship

Living Generously

LivingGenerously.com is an amazing website that makes light work of shopping for gifts for friends, colleagues and family members with something for every budget: and there's no easier way to solve the problem of what to buy a person who has everything! Ukuthasa has six gifts listed:

‘Five a Day’: £42 will provide pre-school children in South Africa with much needed fresh fruit and vegetables each day.

‘Healthy Bones’: £17 will provide pre-school children in South Africa with a glass of fresh milk every day for a week.

‘My body My choice!’: £32 will support South African teenagers as they learn personal skills which will enable them to reach adulthood.

‘Much needed medical treatment’: £17 will enable a pre-school child in South Africa to receive much needed medical treatment.

‘A right to learn’: £26 will provide children in South Africa with the opportunity to attend School.

'HIV: living positively!': £17 will enable one child or adult living with HIV/Aids to receive healthcare for one month.

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