Update: How you can help Pro Gratia get back on their feet after storm disaster
The school suffered the loss of two classrooms and their contents in the storm that swept through Mbombela on Wednesday.
MBOMEBLA- On Wednesday, a bad storm destroyed one class a the Pro Gratia learning centre and damaged another. Since then the centre has submitted a list of items and/ or services which the school desperately needs.
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The list is as follows:
- Cleaning of playgrounds
- Removal of debris
- Educational toys
- Books for children to read
- Stationary
- Carpets
- Curtains
- Tables and chairs
- Table tops for desks in senior class.
- Desks for teacher
- Radio with CD player
- Children’s CD’s
- Fixing of the other classroom
- Fixing of broken windows
- New Wendy Classrooms
- Sensory therapy equipment/toys.
- Wheel chair.
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For more information contact yulandi@progratia.co.za
Breaking news: Bad storm destroys two classrooms at Pro Gratia Learning Centre
MBOMBELA – Two classes have been damaged by a huge storm which hit the Pro Gratia Learning Centre today.
Principal of Pro Gratia, Andri Bester described the extent of the damage: “Two of the classrooms have been affected by this terrible storm. One has been utterly destroyed while the walls of the other are in the process of caving in.”
According to marketing manager Yulandi Jansma, the pupils had been told to go to their classes when the teachers noticed the storm. The ferocity of the storm removed the roof of one classroom. This caused it to collapse. The other was severely damaged and has been deemed unsafe for learning.
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According to Bester, the teachers managed to evacuate the classrooms before the two incidents occurred.
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Bester is urgently appealing to members of the public to assist them in this difficult time. “We urgently need new classrooms and therapy equipment, as one of the classes which was affected was a therapy room.”
To find out how you can assist the school, contact Andri Bester on 072-376-5680 or Welma Bezuidenhout, finance director at Pro Gratia, on 061-481-5532.
