Children in Klarinet receive much-needed classrooms
The work holiday program reaches out to the Klarinet community.
In an ongoing exchange program, the students of the Blessing Children’s Ministry School in Klarinet have been visited by kind-hearted visitors from abroad.
The exchange students with the project manager Mr Rudolph Kretschmer erected a brand-new playground and three classrooms through carpentry for the disadvantaged youth.
“Everything started 15 years ago,” said Rudolph. “When I passed Klarinet, I saw many students sitting under a tree, noticing that the shade was their classroom. Together with a German carpenter and a lot of blessings we were able to build three buildings.”
Each building is on three-meter poles, high in the air and each of them has a different architecture.
One square, one round, and the other triangular build shape.
All the buildings are connected by bridges and there is only one way up.
The way down is by using a slide.
These buildings are used as preschool classes and each building houses 50 children.
Other projects that followed were a grandstand for parents and students to watch school activities.
All the projects are supported by German carpenters who come to South Africa during their work holidays.
Students from different schools also take part in the program.
The work being done is charitable and no payments are received.
“During all these years I realised that the children in the township did not have a safe place where they could be on their own and play and we were thinking that children love tree houses. A very generous jungle gym company from Pretoria placed two jungle gyms on the premises.
Each comes with a swing and a slide. Next to the whole wooden structure, there is a big tree where we fixed a ladder. The children climb up this ladder and reach the jungle gym via a small bridge.” Mr Rudolph said that the result is for the children to find a safe paradise.
Currently, the exchange program received government funding to complete the project. The kids are left with the task to help paint the jungle gym, making it a complete team effort.
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