East Point celebrates Madiba Day by helping to improve the quality of education
Shopping centres have identified and adopted a school within the community in which it is situated and will work with this school for the next three years.
In the spirit of a man who took humanitarianism and transformation to a whole new level globally, and in celebration of Mandela Day on July 18, East Point Shopping Centre adopted the SOS (Support our Schools) Education Campaign.
This was in an attempt to help improve the quality of education in the country, with the centre’s focus being specifically on their community.
East Point and its staff complement, sponsors and tenants, incorporated the SOS initiative by partnering with local community school, Hulwazi Secondary School, in Daveyton, Gauteng, which is responsible for over 1 800 learners.
They spent more than 67 minutes replacing broken window panes, painted the school poles in the official school colours, painted the school passages as well as replaced existing school signage with a brand new sign.
East Point together with their partners to this particular overhaul, including The Gym Company, New Clare Glass and Mall Ads, sponsored items in excess of R24 000.
East Point Shopping Centre is owned by SA Corporate Real Estate Limited, one of the oldest and most established companies within South Africa’s property sector.
The company created the SOS Campaign.
SA Corporate Real Estate Limited owns 21 shopping centres across the country.
Each of these centres has identified and adopted a school within the community in which it is situated and will work with this school for the next three years.
“We felt that, given the crisis in education in South Africa, it was not enough to just reach out to a school for one day of the year or even for one year.
“In order to make a difference, we need to be committed to change over a longer period. After all, education takes time – and so does meaningful change,” said East Point general manager, Wendy Robertson.
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