Nicola Wilson on behalf of the institute said the institution believed that to continue making a meaningful contribution to business education in South Africa, there had to be development from the bottom up.
“As such Gibs encourages its staff and students to get involved in supporting basic education institutions especially in disadvantaged areas,” she added. Wilson also said the school jersey drive was just one of the institute’s staff initiatives planned for the year.
“With temperatures plummeting, Gibs staff unanimously agreed on collecting funds for school jerseys,” said Wilson. She explained that the recipients of the jerseys were handpicked by the primary schools as being most in need because of their family situations, with pupils either coming from child-headed households or having unemployed parents.
Speaking about the initiative, Kate Robertson, the human resource consultant at the institute said, “In addition to keeping the children warm this winter, this donation will have a great impact on the academic experience of these pupils.”
She added that the gesture would allow pupils to feel that they were part of the learning environment in their schools. “They will focus on their class work and help avoid the distractions and frictions that can arise when they assess the differences in economic circumstances between themselves and their classmates,” said Robertson.
