Masizakhe Community Pre-School

50 children and 5 teachers from the school enjoyed a trip to Kirstenbosch today. It wasn't the best weather, but it was 2 hours of fun!!
The group experienced the Fragrance Garden, the Braille Trail, The Protea Display and the Boomslang. We were going to have a picnic, but it started pouring just as we were ready to settle down. Shaun, the bus driver, picked up the group early, and they went back to the school with their picnic lunch.
Thanks to Samantha Leppan Wichary, Candi Leppan Bracken, Felicity, Beverley Swimmer and Andrew for the picnic lunch prep, and thanks to Samantha, Candi, Hamish and Beverley for joining the outing.

The new school year has started, with a few children. Most children will be back next month. For the moment the teachers and carers are keeping the children entertained, while waiting for the school learning schedule to formally start when all pupils are back.

Packing gifts…..

Boxes are piling up for Masizakhe - THANK YOU to all who contributed. Our fundraising elves will be hard at work with the final touches on Saturday, and then delivery to the school on Sunday.

THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far to our gift project!! We appreciate each and every donation. No donation is too small 🙂💕. Please continue to donate so that we can send each child home at the end of the year with a family hamper and their own treat.

It's that time of year again. Please support our year-end project. Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who donated to our food hamper year-end project for the Masizakhe children and their families. We raised just over our target amount for the project.

Thanks to Adrian & Fiona, Di and an anonymous sponsor for donating via our GivenGain page.
Thanks to Hamish, Samantha, and Joanne for EFT donations.
Thanks to Ruth for the Euros.
Thanks to Stadler for your monthly contributions that assist us with this project and others.
Thanks as always to Shoeboxes of Love who assist each year, this year with an EFT and previous years with box gifts.
Thanks to Deborah Teubes and Happy Ethan Project who were supported by Plumtree Playschool in Tokai, for the children's hampers and for the boxes of "extras" and other donations. This was a wonderful surprise.
And thanks to Section Five for the loan of the vehicles to transport everything to the school.

Without all of you this would not be possible. Doreen passed on messages of thanks from the parents of the children, from the teachers and from members of the community for the gifts.

Each year, a graduation ceremony is held for those leaving Grade R for primary school. This year is no exception, although the number of visitors was limited. Here are some photos from Saturday's ceremony.

The count down has begun. Food parcels will be handed to the families on 26th November so we need to start shopping.
PLEASE DONATE - even R10 will make a difference.

Family Food Parcels The children attending Masizakhe Community Pre-School are from the poorer side of Khayelitsha.  There are around 145 children attending the school, between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.  Each year we have arranged gifts for the children and for some, this is the only gift they receive in the...

Please have a look at our GivenGain page for our Year End Gift donations. This year we are concentrating on necessities for the families as a whole, not only for the children who attend the school. Donations accepted in cash, by Zapper, by EFT, via PayPal and through the GivenGain page. All donations welcome. We look forward to, and appreciate, your support.

Family Food Parcels The children attending Masizakhe Community Pre-School are from the poorer side of Khayelitsha.  There are around 145 children attending the school, between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.  Each year we have arranged gifts for the children and for some, this is the only gift they receive in the...