By Nikki Matthews | Chief Operating Officer
We began 2022 quite ambitiously with the launch of two big new programmes; the Atlas Digibus Programme and a new English as a Second Language Programme at our ECD centres. With so much academic time lost through the pandemic, it was all hands on deck to try to bring the children up to speed with everything they had missed.
The Atlas Digibus has not run without challenges but as with any project, with a strong team running it, this programme now runs from Monday to Fridays supporting 572 children at 5 primary schools in Langa in the morning and running Maths programmes for 230 children who attend our after-school programme. The next programme we are working on is a Coding course.
The ECD Programme continues to run the mobile library each day and the children squeal with delight each morning when Lungile arrives to transport them to another world through books whilst our coaches run the English as a Second Language programme and consolidate new themes through an active literacy programme.
Rugby is finally back and playing matches each Saturday is a highlight for our children who despite the two year Covid break are playing great rugby. At the end of June, our U13s were invited to participate in the Independent School's Rugby Festival at Bishops. They won all their games and whilst this isn't the most important part of playing, what these victory's did for their self-esteem is difficult to put in words. They also had four days to spend with children from around the country, from different socio-economic groups, races and religions. They went on a tour of Cape Town and despite being local residents, many had not visited most of our beautiful city. All in all an unbelievable experience for the children and our staff.
I have included some photo's of the last few months and a link to our mid-year newsletter. None of this work would be possible without your support. Thank you for your incredibly generous donations which provide these opportunities and experiences for our children. It is these experiences that will shape them and build them and hopefully motivate them to go out and reach for the stars - we thank you.
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