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HELPING TO KEEP LOCAL LEARNERS SAFE

HELPING TO KEEP LOCAL LEARNERS SAFE

July 2020, Konkoonsies Solar Power. To help ensure the safety of community learners, Konkoonsies Solar Power has donated over 500 masks to learners, across three schools in the small towns of Pella and Pofadder. In a coordinated effort with the Namakwa District Education Office, based in Springbok, the solar plant has additionally provided an extensive
BURSARIES OFFERED WITH A FOCUS ON ARTISANS

BURSARIES OFFERED WITH A FOCUS ON ARTISANS

July 2020, Aries Solar Power. Four bursaries have been made available through Aries Solar Power, for the community of Kenhardt. These bursaries are available for 2020 and are open to new artisan study applications, in addition to local teaching, nursing, and artisan students who need assistance with tuition fees for 2020. Three of the four
YOUTH CARPENTERS GET COVID-19 SAFETY TRAINING

YOUTH CARPENTERS GET COVID-19 SAFETY TRAINING

July 2020, Soutpan Solar Power. Fledgling youth-owned carpentry SMME that exclusively services schools, is finally able to pick up tools again, with the reopening of the education sector. This small Limpopo enterprise will receive training specifically relating to COVID-19 infection control procedures, so that they can re-enter schools in the Makhado Municipality to collect classroom
TECHNOLOGY HELPS SOLVE COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY HELPS SOLVE COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS

July 2020, Boshof Solar Power. Boshof Combined School has received an e-technology Smartboard to assist with the continuation of the maths and science extra lessons, without the Maths and Science Leadership Academy facilitator having to drive to Boshof Combined School, from Kimberley, during lockdown and social distancing protocols. This electronic device will allow a local
INSPIRING YOUTH TO REACH FOR THEIR DREAMS

INSPIRING YOUTH TO REACH FOR THEIR DREAMS

June 2020, Jeffreys Bay. Aminah Booysen, at Graslaagte Primary School, is one of 17 Reading Assistants, who haven taken up the opportunity to study teaching with the assistance of the Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm’s education bursary programme, put in place specifically for these reading assistants. The bursaries are education focused, designed to foster an interest
COMMUNITY STUDY CALLS FOR CREATIVE THINKING DURING COVID

COMMUNITY STUDY CALLS FOR CREATIVE THINKING DURING COVID

June 2020, De Aar Solar Power. The Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FARR) have set up offices in Britstown, a small farming community in the Northern Cape and completed an in-depth study and community survey, which will pave the way for community intervention and support. The study has shown that knowledge needs to be instilled
KEEPING KENHARDT LEARNERS & HEALTH WORKERS SAFE

KEEPING KENHARDT LEARNERS & HEALTH WORKERS SAFE

June 2020, Aries Solar Power. Kenhardt High School has re-opened to both Grade 7 and Grade 12. To help ensure the safety of the school’s learners and its staff, over 600 masks have been donated by Aries Solar Power, which is an allocation of three masks for each learner. This is in addition to an
HELPING THOUSANDS OF LEARNERS KEEP SAFE

HELPING THOUSANDS OF LEARNERS KEEP SAFE

June 2020, Soutpan Solar Power. Soutpan Solar Power, has responded to a call from the District Department of Education for schools in the Blouberg Municipality, in Limpopo, to provide 4 000 learners with cloth masks that will last learners for a 6 month to 1-year period, in addition to what the Department will provide. “Schools
HELPING TO KEEP LEARNERS SAFE

HELPING TO KEEP LEARNERS SAFE

June 2020, Boshof Solar Power. The majority of schools across the country have now re-opened, following their countrywide closure on 18 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. To help ensure the safety of community learners, 11 000 masks were donated to learners, across six schools in the small towns of Boshof and
SUPPORT FOR HEALTH CARE CENTRES

SUPPORT FOR HEALTH CARE CENTRES

June 2020,Droogfontein Solar Power. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been provided to keep community based Tracer Teams safe. These frontline workers, who are most at risk, will be doing screening, testing, tracing and clinical management, in the four Local Municipal areas of Sol Plaatje, Dikgatlong, Magareng and Phokwane. Funded by Droogfontein Solar Power, the PPE