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The Rand Water Foundation (RWF), in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Social Development (GDSD) and the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), is distributing 1,500 back-to-school kits to 15 schools across Gauteng today.
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Aubrey Nxumalo, a member of the Mayoral Committee in Ekurhuleni is in attendance.
"The Back-to-School Project was initiated in 2012 to provide the necessary learning resources to Primary and High School learners from poor backgrounds", says Mohlatleho Sekoaila, RWF GM. "RWF is honoured to be part of this project as it not only contributes to the education of our future leaders, but also illustrates what can be achieved when partners, each with its unique strengths, rally towards achieving the same goal. Had it not been for the leadership of the GDSD and the GDE, this event wouldn't be possible", she continues.
Among others, the GDSD played an important role in commissioning local cooperatives to produce the back-to-school kits, including trousers/skirts, jerseys, socks, shoes and stationery - as well as the lap desks that will be given to some of the schools. The GDE was instrumental in identifying the beneficiary learners and schools.
Since its inception, the RWF's Back to School Project has supported approximately 4,228 learners in Gauteng, spending a total of R4.2 million.
