{"id":19901,"date":"2020-06-05T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T10:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonelyviking.dev\/afriforumstandstogether-for-schools-requests-for-aid-packages-pour-in\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T00:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T00:10:56","slug":"afriforumstandstogether-for-schools-requests-for-aid-packages-pour-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/afriforumstandstogether-for-schools-requests-for-aid-packages-pour-in\/","title":{"rendered":"#AfriForumStandsTogether for Schools: Requests for aid packages pour in"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfriForum and AfriForum Youth on 5 June 2020 distributed more aid packages for schools all over the country as part of the #AfriForumStandsTogether for Schools project. This followed after requests from hundreds of schools were received by the civil rights watchdog because the schools still had not received assistance from the Department of Basic Education to reopen safely. A total of 300 packages were distributed today to reach schools in the week of 8\u00a0June\u00a02020 when schools provisionally will open for learners in Grades 7 and 12.<\/p>\n

The school aid package contains COVID-19 information documents, patterns for face masks, classroom posters, electronic thermometers, hand sanitiser and hand sanitiser stands.<\/p>\n

AfriForum\u2019s community structures have already disinfected numerous schools and as part of this project more than 40\u00a0000 units of hand sanitiser, 8\u00a0000 posters and 200 thermometers were distributed to schools across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfriForum will not stand by and watch schools suffer under poor communication and the incompetence of the Department of Basic Education. AfriForum supports schools and views these packages as essential for all schools. We are pleased to be able to support schools in this way,\u201d says Carien Bloem, manager for Education at AfriForum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhile the state focus on restricting products and services, they ignore their responsibility towards the youth. This is why our organisations are supporting staff and learners with this initiative,\u201d says Bernard Pieters, manager for AfriForum Youth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Johan Kruger, AfriForum\u2019s head of Community Development, the #AfriForumStandsTogether for Schools project forms part of AfriForum\u2019s COVID-19 community plan to promote health in communities during the pandemic. \u201cIt comes as no surprise that the state is unwilling or unable to get our schools ready for reopening. AfriForum\u2019s branches are now acting to assist communities who want to help themselves,\u201d Kruger explains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n