Nov/24
Board Chair Marianne Schaubeck, has just returned from her visit to Mazinyane Preschool. The day she arrived at the school, it was Heritage Day and on that day everyone celebrates their local culture and wear traditional clothing and they gifted Mariane with her own. Although it was spring break and the children were not at the school, the staff were there for our meeting which always includes KFC and coke!
The new addition to the school is finally back on track and construction is at full tilt. All workers are from the local community, and the hope is construction will be completed by early 2025. This has been a costly project and has taken longer than we ever anticipated. Marianne is planning on returning in May for the official grand opening of the new construction. The building is quite massive and in addition to being a preschool/creche, the building will serve as a multipurpose facility for the community.
We have been very fortunate to have Mala Mala, a premier game reserve in the greater Kruger area, assisting with some maintenance of the original school, as well as upgrading the garden by providing new protective mesh to protect the crops from birds and the hot sun. We are extremely grateful to Mala Mala for their assistance.
We remain cautiously optimistic that the local government will be in a position to take over the day-to-day running of Mazinyane by 2025. All the staff have been taking courses and upgrading their skills with the hope that this will come to fruition.
It is our intention to close this charity at the end of 2025. It will have been almost 25 years since we first opened Mazinyane Preschool and our hope is that they may continue to soar..