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| Maurita Glynn, Founder Director |
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| Ralph Rosemann, Norman levy and Maurita |
We had a great visit at St Agnes on the 15th of May from Ralph Roseman and Norman Levy from Lions Head Rotary. Ralph and Norman handed over a cheque for the sum of R5000. They had approached Thornbury Rotary Club in the UK to support the library at St Agnes, and we are so appreciative of both clubs' support. We met up with the St Agnes library team, including Inshaaf, Lynette and Merle. The staff at the St Agnes school are a wonderful team, driven by Mr Louw, and the library has grown from strength to strength since it was opened just over a year ago.
Maurita spoke about the importance of collaboration, and thanked both Thornbury and Lions Head for their partnership: she emphasised the point that it is not enough to just open and provide books for a library: enthusiasm and dedication is needed to ensure a library becomes a central hub of learning within a school. In a country where only 8% of schools have a functioning library, St Agnes are part of a privileged group with thanks to a team of people who really care about literacy rates.
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| Lou Burger, one of our donor volunteers, Daniswa, our centre manager, Maurita, founder director, Lynette, a St Agnes staff member, Ralph from Lion's Head Rotary, Inshaaf, a volunteer librarian, Norman, Lions Head Rotary, and Merle, a grade Three teacher and head of the foundation phase |
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| A R5000 cheque handover |
