The Bring Back the Smile campaign is a concept brought to the community by the Welkom Runners group.
This is an ongoing project where members of this group continue with their wonderful community outreach activities through donations of food parcels, clothing items, and more to the very needy living amongst us. “It is enough to see the smiles our donations bring to the children’s faces, and we would like to request more community members to help where they can,” says Nkhetheni Masupa, convenor of the group of runners.
Learners of the Setshabelo Primary School could not wait to go back to the classroom on Tuesday, 11 February, after receiving their full set of uniform on Monday. “The impact of this gesture was immediately visible on the faces of the educators and children, many of whom had been struggling with worn-out shoes and old torn uniforms. Representatives of the Welkom Runners donated school uniforms, sanitary towels and clothes,” he says.
The principal, Pheko Mokoena, was grateful for the donation. He said when children have uniforms their behaviour and attitude change, and their academic performance often improves because they gain self confidence.
