Nettelhorst pre-k students learn the value of giving.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 21, students in Zio Perez’s pre-k class lined up — each with a giant bag of supplies and goodies — and in assembly-line-format, filled colorful mesh backpacks for students in South Africa. Their teacher will distribute the backpacks, along with other supplies, when she and fellow teacher, Megan Whitney (of Audubon School) return to the Masakheni Fox Educare Centre in Khayelitsha Township this July.
The two women will also do some teacher training and oversee the purchase and installation of new plumbing for the one-room school. Then they will travel on to Swaziland, where they will conduct a training program for teachers at Moya Centre, an educational organization for orphans.
The backpack supplies were purchased and donated through a fundraising project the children have been working on for about a month. To date, they’ve raised over $450, primarily from “presentations” they’ve given to each class in their school.
To learn more about this project, including how to donate, visit http://rainbowteam.givemeaning.com
View the video of the backpack assembling.
Read about the campaign in Skyline.
