A very important and heartwarming community uplifting initiative by the Welkom Runners continues instilling much needed hope in the lives of less fortunate children around Matjhabeng.
Representatives of the group visited the Polokong/Ouma Tsopo Public Primary School, which is situated in Hani Park. This is a quintile 2 level school.
In the landscape of South Africa’s education system, the quintile system plays a pivotal role in promoting educational equity. Introduced in the post-apartheid era, this system categorises schools based on their socioeconomic conditions and serves as a mechanism for resource allocation and support.
The system categorises schools into five quintiles, with quintile 1 representing the poorest schools and quintile 5 representing the wealthiest.
“The moment you enter the gates of this school made of cargo shipping containers, you can see and feel poverty,” says Welkom Runners’ representative, Rabelani Masupa.
“We would like people to join us in improving the lives of the poor people living amongst us.”
Members of the police, like WO Dennis Wangra who works in the local community, were also present to handout their gifts to the learners.
