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Education out of reach of some students in S. Africa
Hullett Central’s secretary, Morag
Watt, continues her description of
education in South Africa. In South
Africa, all children, regardless of the
school they attend, must wear a
school uniform. For some, this
simple financial requirement is
enough to make education
unattainable for them. For many
black children, there is no option as
to which school they will attend.
Many attend a local “primer”; a
small, one-room schoolhouse often
provided for them by the local
farmer who employs their families.
There is no money to attend a “fee
paying” school. They have no means
of transportation to get to another
school even if they were able to
afford it, and, sadly the importance
of education often has not been
embraced in their tribal culture.
For many, education beyond basic
life skills remains unattainable, or
perhaps more correctly, a goal not
pursued, even though it may be
available. There simply is not the
commitment to attend and work
towards changing their lot in life. It
is the vicious cycle of poverty that is
not exclusive to South Africa. We
see the same thing here in North
America.
During this Christmas season, I
thought I would start by telling you
about Thornhill Primary School.
This is the poorest of the schools I
go to. The school itself is made up of
a several classrooms housed in
framed square buildings about the
size of a boxcar. Each class houses
30 - 40 children sitting three to a
desk, on the floor and around the
perimeter of the room. This school is
almost exclusively black children.
Previously I talked about the
quintile system of school funding in
South Africa. This school serves
local farm labourers’ children who
live in the local settlement (shanty
town). They are the poorest of the
poor. There is no question that this
school should be rated a quintile 1
school and qualify for the maximum
government funding, but for some
reason it is rated a quintile 3 school,
which means it receives only
minimal funding.
In my opinion, this injustice is
reflective of a system that is fraught
with corruption and inequity. These
people are totally at the mercy of
decision-makers who do not
necessarily have their best interest at
heart. Enough said about that.
The best thing about this school is
the principal. He, a man who grew
up under the apartheid system but
was fortunate enough to receive a
good education and he, in turn, is a
living example to these children that
education can change their lives. He
is a dynamic, passionate leader who
instills confidence, self-respect and
inspiration to his charges and his
staff. Still, his greatest challenge is
attendance, or rather non-attendance
by children.
Many of them walk a great
distance to attend school, they live in
single-parent or child-headed
households having lost parents to
disease, violence or abandonment.
They may or may not have eaten, let
alone had their emotional or social
needs met. And saddest of all, many
of they themselves are afflicted with
AIDS. When your basic necessities
of life are not being met, it is
difficult to be an enthusiastic learner.
Still, the staff at this school works
tirelessly to raise up their charges.
They are resourceful in their
teaching methods and absolutely
nothing is wasted. Their
commitment in the face of such
challenges is awe inspiring.
Each year when I go to the
schools, I take with me a few simple
supplies: pencils and notebooks, a
few reading books and some
teaching aids. The cost of these
things to me is minimal but to these
children they are invaluable. I am
always humbled by the exceptional
gratitude that the administration
displays upon receiving such a small
gift. I am almost embarrassed to
accept their thanks for things that we
take for granted here, but it is
tremendously rewarding to know
that these gifts will help in the work
these dedicated people do.
The real satisfaction, however,
comes from the faces of the children.
No matter how poor, how hopeless
their situation may be or how
unfairly life has treated them, these
children find joy in the simplest of
pleasures; A new pencil, a notebook
that they may call their own, the
wonder of a storybook. These are
such little things to us, but to them,
they are absolutely magical.
Throughout the year here in
Canada, it gives me great pleasure to
work with the Avon Maitland
District School Board and the Rotary
Club of Grand Bend on their Global
Literacy Project
(www.grandbendrotary.com). This
project sees old, obsolete and
surplus furniture, equipment and
books from our school system
shipped to schools such as Thornhill
in South Africa rather than being
discarded into landfills. The program
relies solely on the generosity of
donors to cover the cost of shipping
these containers and on the work of
many volunteers to organize, collect
materials and load the containers.
It is a tremendously successful
project which has seen 41 overseas
shipping containers sent to Africa to
date. And the work continues,
because the need continues.
In closing, I would like to share
this thought with you. As I give
thanks for the many blessings and
privileges I enjoy in Canada, I know
I will take a moment and reflect on
my experiences in South Africa and
the lessons I have learned there – to
find joy in simple things, to love
absolutely and unconditionally, and
to persevere when the task seems
overwhelming. Education is the only
hope these children have to change
their future. And after all ... is there
any greater gift we can give them
than hope?
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
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The Blyth and District Community Centre played host to the annual Church Cup on Jan. 2, an
annual hockey tournament that brings together church hockey teams from all over the
community and beyond for some fun over the Christmas holidays. This year, it was the Mitchell
Muscle that came out on top. Serving spectators some chili this year were, from left: Chandler
Bromley, Griffie Bromley, Jasmin Johns, Chrissie Johns and Rorie Bromley. (Vicky Bremner photo)