School Uniforms for children in Rural Africa

The last few months have been tough as we have not generated any donations for school uniforms, and we can understand why. The whole world is struggling under the weight of the changes of the COVID-19 pandemic and finances the world across are tough... 

So lacking the funds to enable us to buy children school uniforms and jerseys we, as Nourish, have continued to try to provide resilience and support for children in any way we can. And this has been through continuing to focus on food and hygiene. 

Growing spinach in our gardens at Nourish for the children to take home to their families, and suporting local primary schools with masks for their learners, as the government provided PPE has run out months ago. This is our way to help keep children safe and healthy. 

We thank you all for supporting in the past, and if you can continue to supoprt us in future, THANK YOU. The children need uniforms now more than ever as families are struggling just to make ends meet financially, and to have enough money for food... so now more than ever families will appreciate the support of a school uniform ( including MASK) for their children! 

Take care, stay safe, and thank you

Thank you so much to those of you that have supported our SCHOO UNIFORM initiative over the last few months. We are so grateful that at a time when the world is in chaos, you have been able to support us! Thank you! More than ever NPO's are struggling to keep funding our projects and programs as Covid-19 makes itself felt financially, so we are really thankful for your support. 

Since schools in South Africa have been closed since the 18th March due to the Covid19 Pandemic and the resulting lockdown, life has changed drastically. Whilst many have had the ability to keep going to school online, children from our rural communities have not had this chance or this opportunity. 

So we have decided to spend the school uniform funds on a few things: 

Firstly masks for the Grade 7 learners that have gone back to school; to help them minimise their risk of transmission and feel safe going back to their learning environments. The school teachers are so grateful for these reusable masks for their children! 

Pencils and educational workbooks for our children from Grade 0- Grade 6. We have made little care parcels for our pre-school children, giving them a little stimulation whilst being stuck at home and a little something for their parents to do with them to keep them busy and happy. We also made little goodie bags for our Green Kidz including maths, english and basic environmental education so our children can keep growing green minds at home, even though they may not yet be able to go back to school. 

and thirdly ; where before the funds would have been used for a warm jersey for school children, as many children are now homebound and we want to keep them warm and healthy; we have used these funds to buy knitted beanies for the children. Warm heads and hopefully hearts. 

Thank you so much for your support, stay safe and well!