Primary School in Sir Lowry‘s Pass Village
The Project:
It isn’t the student’s incapability but the poverty and remote location of the village that enormously reduces the quality of education. Due to lack of money and political influence classes are too big, teachers unable to cope and therefore easily and often discouraged.
Yearly statistics about the standard of performance show that the school unfortunately belongs to the weakest within the Province.
The ones suffering the most from the intolerable situation are the children, who –without a qualified graduation – won’t be able to find a job as the unemployment rate in South Africa is very high. This of course is an ideal base to drift into criminality.
Out of this predicament the idea was born to provide efficient support for the children within the public schools instead of building a private or Catholic school next to the existing one.
A first class of selected kids that get additional support from year 2 and 3 got started by the “Initiative Rainbow Kids”. The students are delighted about their new circumstances and also the other ones in the former classes enjoy the advantage of a smaller class size.
In the lower row you see a normal classroom, and the new special classroom
Thrilled by these results, the intention is to also offer this great opportunity to year 5 and 6.
In order to achieve this, the German-speaking Catholic Community has started co-operating with “Rainbow-Kids and “Einfach-Helfen”.
With the start of the new school year 2012, a young teacher could be engaged. First the school had been given a temporary classroom and in March 2012 the new classroom was finished.
Re-orientation:
Unfortunately, we cannot continue this co-partnership, as our project in Manenberg demands our full financial commitment.
This does not change our opinion, that this project in Sir Lowry’s Pass village is a very good thing. We are still fully behind it. Further donations for the benefit of these classes will be given to the “Initiative Rainbow Kids”
Banking Details: Accounts page
Web Pages:
a) Soup Kitchen and Sponsorships: "http://www.einfachhelfen.org/";
b) Initiative Rainbow Kids: "http://www.rainbowkisa.com/"
c) Secretary of the German Bishop's Conference: "http://www.auslandsseelsorge.de/";