Sacred Heart College will mark Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July by launching a food collection drive, primarily for refugee families and their children who attend the Three2Six Education project.
From now until the 18th, the college has asked pupils and their parents to make non-perishable food donations, which can be dropped with their child’s class teacher.
The food will be distributed to the needy families and children of the Three2Six Education Project, which was started by college head Collin Northmore.
He was responding to the growing population of refugee children who were not being absorbed by the education system because they lacked documents to enable them to register in mainstream schools.
The project recently celebrated its fifth anniversary in June, and according to Northmore the scope for the project’s continuation is still wide.
“The project will run until all refugee children can be documented and accepted in the mainstream schooling system.
After that, there will be no need for the project and the college can then focus its attention to other social ills that need to solved,” Northmore said.
He added that the focus of Mandela Day should be on families doing 67 minutes together in the community, such as clearing litter in the streets, making sandwiches for the homeless, or donating to a favourite charity.
Parents wanting to do their 67 minutes for Mandela on 18 July may join the college’s labyrinth work group from 11am, where a spiritually enriching space for children will be created.
Alternatively, parents who want to assist with the packing of the tinned food for distribution and may contact Veni Munien on 078-804-8508 or veni.munien@gmail.com for details.
Any junior high students wishing to do their 67 minutes can get involved with the college’s recycling project by contacting Mrs Paton-Mills through the school offices.
