Abcon Group Foundation (AGF) adopted Hawk Academy, a school with about 1 000 learners from disadvantaged backgrounds in Germiston, and set about uplifting everyone’s spirits this festive season with Santa’s Care Bag Drive, last Friday.
Through the drive, a collaboration with Kemtek Imaging Systems, AGF donated 1 000 care bags which included new toys and toiletries to the learners.
Learners also received a warm meal adding to the festivities of the day.
“The school is currently overloaded by eight classes of different grades and cannot take in more learners due to the lack of educational infrastructure.
“This is the main reason we have adopted the school,” said Kelly Maphuma, marketing coordinator for AGF.
“We are set to assist in rebuilding the entire school, adding a sports field, playgrounds and more classes to accommodate more high school grades.”
The event also featured a Christmas party where learners took to the stage to entertain the audience with music and dance.
“We assist our socio-economic beneficiary in many ways. This year we took the learners on a Youth Day tour around Johannesburg to learn more about their history, and we dropped off and painted a library pod with over 600 books,” said Kelly.
“We have also donated sanitary items to the girls in the school and held our big Mandela Day event providing the school with basic needs and educational entertainment.”
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