Baie dankie - Thank you for taking the time to visit my webpage, I extend a warm South African welcome to you all, especially readers from the News of the World and the Gazette and Herald.For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tracy Brookshaw, I am a Global Vision International intern, volunteering within the People and Conservation Department for South African National Parks (SANParks). My placement, for six months, is at Bontebok National Park. Situated 240km from Cape Town, Bontebok the smallest of South Africas' Parks, and one of the most fragile.
During training at Kruger Park - we journeyed to the disadvantaged Mabunda Primary School, in the remote village of Phalaubeni. In each classroom we were greeted by 40 to 60 smiling little faces, some sitting three to a desk. The walls were bare of the usual hand drawn pictures found in any UK school, curtains hung only in the classrooms, where the sun was too bright for the children to work. Needless to say the school is unfunded.
Also apparent was the lack of space, with two classrooms being completely unusable due to damaged caused by a lightning storm some three years ago! The school is still waiting for the government to pull their finger out!I want to raise 360 GBP (R5,000) to rebuild and furnish the damaged classrooms, with the help of you generous people, my target is a modest 500 GBP (Total R7,000), as I want also to supply much needed equipment such as books - the schools current library being near non existent. If there is any money spare, I'd like to provide the children with some visual stimulation, and buy an array of art supplies, so those bare walls can be covered in pictures of rainbow colours.
More information about the school can be found on posting Food, Glorious Food!
To make a donation, please see link - Donate to Mabunda Primary School on this webpage or alternatively sign on to site www.justgiving.com/tracybrookshaw
Thanks again for all your best wishes and support.
