Making New Friends

March 12, 2018 By simunye

The first few days of the trip, the Simunye volunteers completed clean up and renovation projects in Tshepang, enjoyed making new friends, playing games and giving lots and lots of shoulder rides.

cleaning classrooms
improving storage facilities
installing shelving
fixing countless desks
delivery of school furniture
lunch and snacks for over 200 hundred children each day
run classes for primary school students
a year’s salary for kindergarten teacher at Tshepang
sponsorship of 8 Year 12 students (school fees, uniforms, books)
donation of money to careers at Tshepang
sewing group to make uniforms and toiletry bags for the kindergarten
pay for the delivery of ePap
220 food hampers
shade cloth was erected next to the kindergarten
secured shade cloth to the container (now a classroom)
playgrounds
outdoor kitchen
pay for the construction of two “enviro loos”
developing teachers teaching methodology
teaching materials and furniture for the day care centre
permaculture vegetable gardens
construction of chicken coop
hundreds of books in local languages for libraries
thousands of clothing items and shoes for children
women’s personal hygiene packs
care packs
meters of fencing
$1000’s of dollars-worth of baby supplies and food
painted, renovated and stocked day care classrooms

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