Limpopo Reflection

Limpopo Reflection

            On Thursday 17 October 2013 Raquel and I, students of the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ), hold the positions as the Communications Officer and Secretary for the Marumofase High School Limpopo Project. We attended a STUCO meeting to present our ideas and proposal on an upcoming stationary drive. Our proposal is to host a fundraiser through our school. AISJ will raise school supplies to provide for the students at Marumofase High School Limpopo. This fundraiser will benefit the children with their writing educational needs and enable them to work productively with the correct supplies. This will enhance my learning outcome to plan and initiate this project. Also, this fundraiser is a house competition between Athena, Apollo, Hermes, and Artemis. The collection dates will run from the 28 October 2013 to 15 November 2013. We will be collecting pencils, erasers, and sharpeners; each of which will count as 1 house point. Paper, notebooks, and binders will also be collected; each will count as 5 house points. My contribution to this stationary drive will be 67 pencils and 2 erasers. This is a school group effort to benefit our host country, South Africa. It will bring camaraderie, spirit, and pride to our school AISJ. It will also bring insight to the Limpopo students of the importance of bringing the proper tools and be prepared to learn. This will encourage and motivate the Limpopo students to enjoy education and the ending benefits. With previous community service, I have learned that visiting underprivileged schools they lack the proper supplies and therefore this is one of my first priorities to get them started on a great path to education.