Local educators and learners recognised at CSI Awards.
Peermount celebrated its CSI Awards on August 25 to recognise local educators and learners who contributed in making its various CSI projects a success over the last year.
To celebrate and recognise the hard-working people that made community projects a success, Peermont hosted its CSI awards ceremony at Emperors Palace recently.
Annually Peermont contributes millions of Rands to communities surrounding its business units each year and in 2016 it invested R42-million towards the growth and development of local communities across its properties.
Vusi Zwane, trustee of Peermont Community Benefit Trust, says the CSI Awards celebrates the important contributions of its people, who play a major role in the success of the many upliftment projects sponsored by Peermont.
“Every Peermont unit nationwide supports a CSI initiative, and this event highlights the fantastic work being done to create sustainable development for the community,” says Zwane.
The Peermont Children’s Trust sponsors an after-school care programme that assists over 600 children across seven centres throughout Ekurhuleni.
Beneficiaries receive nutritious meals and space to do their homework in a safe environment, all supervised by professional care-givers.
In order to help increase matric pass rates Peermont sponsors 260 learners at three Star School sites each year.
Throughout this programme, learners are provided with extra lessons in mathematics, English and physical science.
The learners are in turn invited to apply for a bursary through the Peermont Education Trust.
To date, the trust has celebrated 117 graduates in various fields of study, including commerce, engineering, medical technology and physics.
Two Springs Secondary School educators, Ishana Bantha of Bakerton and Adri Croucamp of Brakpan, received CSI Awards for being involved at the Springs Star School site.
Cilicia Govender of Bakerton and Thembinkosi Manyeruke of Tsakane who excelled in their studies last year were the two Star School learners who also received CSI Awards.
While Bantha received the accolade for Top Star Schools Tutor English, Croucamp, a previous Peermont CSI award winner, was named Top Stars Schools Science Tutor.
Govender was recognised for obtaining 78 per cent for English, 85 per cent for mathematic and 93 per cent for physical science which earned her the Springs Star Schools, Star of the Stars runner-up award.
Manyeruke who obtained 79 per cent for English, 100 per cent for mathematics and 100 per cent for physical science received the Star of the Stars top learner award.
Mbali Buthelezi of Tsakane, received an accolade, for obtaining her hotel management certificate level 6.
