19/10/2022
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป #๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐๐ข๐ป๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น โ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The 2022 South African edition of the Lights On After School campaign, now in its third year, is focused on celebrating the work of the After School sector in ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐-๐ญ๐ต ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ. This year, the Campaign kicked off with a Lights On After School Poster Competition. This afforded learners the opportunity to express themselves creatively and showcase how After School programmes have impacted their lives.
With more than 70 submissions from across the country, Maricia Fortuin, a grade 8 learner at ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The learner received a goodie bag, and her top spot meant that her After School Programme, Going for Gold, offered by the Equilibrium Centre received R10 000 while her school receives a book donation of 10 000 books, a mix of textbooks and story books.
