Thursday, April 2, 2009

Stella Pre-Primary School

I attended the Stella Pre-Primary School today with students from Girls High. There are 78 kids age 2-6 who attend the school. Many of the students are orphans or are raised by their granny’s (some with both parents deceased or they ran off when the kids were born.) The kids receive a healthy breakfast, snack, and lunch so they don’t require much food once they leave school (often times families don’t have enough food for all of the children.)
ThunderRidge High School’s Interact Club donated $500 to the Stella school. They are not sure how the money will be spent yet, perhaps on renovating parts of the school, taking the students on an outing to uShaka Marine World, or to provide food for the students. The kids loved the Girls High girls. They played, sang songs, and ate.