Help a dream come true 0 Many of the orphans at the school have not left Windhoek beforeTeachers at Moses van der Byl are appealing to the public to assist them with financial donations for an excursion to take 60 Grade 7 students from disadvantaged backgrounds to Swakopmund for the weekend.
The aim of the excursion is for the students to learn more about Namibia. The teachers at Moses van der Byl Primary School have taken it upon themselves to create an opportunity to expose the many disadvantaged students at the school to other parts of Namibia by taking them on an excursion to Swakopmund, in the hope that they will experience Namibia in all its glory.
The trip is organised by several of the Grade 7 teachers at the school who felt that many of the children that are orphans, have never seen places like Swakopmund. This is mainly because their parents or guardians cannot afford to take them to such destinations, because of socio-economic circumstances.
“All these detrimental circumstances [have] resulted in poor background knowledge and lack of information in general [amongst the students],” reads a memo by the school regarding the trip.
The outing is scheduled for 16 to 18 September 2016 and the cost per child stands at N$ 600 for the weekend trip. The places that the students will visit include the Karakulia Leather Factory, the snake park, Kristall Galerie, Swakopmund Museum, the aquarium, and Dune 7 among others.
For donations the school can be contacted at 061-263012.
KEITH VRIES