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Siza Water furnishes needy school for Mandela Day

Siza Water furnishes needy school for Mandela Day

Date: 2018-07-27

Through the generosity of organisations like Sembcorp Siza Water, Radha Roopsingh Primary School in Etete has come a long way since teaching lessons under trees to today being a fully-fledged school.

However, being a growing no-fees school in an impoverished community, the school's resources are limited. Sembcorp Siza Water identified a need for new classroom furniture which they elected to fulfil this Nelson Mandela Day, celebrated on July 18, 2018. This is the seventh year that the company participated in Nelson Mandela Day, uplifting the community.

"Some of the children were sharing broken chairs over which they had put pieces of wood to sit on and the desks were just awful," said Sembcorp Siza Water public relations officer, Khosi Matenjwa.

Sembcorp Siza Water officially handed over 100 chairs and 50 double desks to the school on the day that Tata Madiba would have turned 100. The centenary Nelson Mandela Day ceremony was also attended by all the school's pupils, teachers and high ranking officials from the Ilembe Municipality, including Mayor Sduduzo Gumede.

In his speech, Gumede praised Sembcorp Siza Water for their ongoing support of education in the Ilembe district.

"I know you take education very seriously, providing assistance to learners, even in higher education," Gumede said.

He encouraged pupils to follow the teachings of Mandela and do good to others and predicted that one day the school would produce new Mandelas, doctors, lawyers and leaders, thanks to generous contributors like Sembcorp Siza Water.

In handing over the brand new classroom furniture, still wrapped in plastic, Sembcorp Siza Water managing director, Shyam Misra encouraged pupils to take care of the furniture so that others would also benefit from it as well as to stay motivated and disciplined during their years at school. He challenged the students to work to making South Africa a vibrant and powerful country as per Madiba's vision.

The celebrations culminated in the pupils being fed a hot meal, sponsored by Food for Life, before returning to lessons.