Miss Vicky's Children's Education Fund: Journey back to PA

Mission Statement

The mission of Miss Vicky's Children's Education Fund is to finance the airfare from NYC to Cape Town, South Africa for at least one American teacher to donate his/her tutoring services each summer for several weeks to the children and mothers in Khayelitsha Township District "C" and to provide classroom instruction in the local public school to facilitate a learning environment focused on the improvement of overall literacy. Any additional funds raised will be used to establish a dedicated school library for "C" District. Eventually the hope is to provide each child with a school back pack filled with school supplies and their own reading book during the Holidays.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Journey back to PA

My journey back to the states will begin on Wednesday morning when I fly to Jo'berg at 6 am. I leave the following day in the PM to fly to Atlanta and from there to Philly. I am scheduled to arrive in Philly Friday at 11 am.

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Tanya

Welcome back to the States! Next time, take a professional photographer (hint, hint) to document your trip.

Uncle Mark; August 13, 2009 at 6:21 PM

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Vusamanzi Primary School

Vuzamanzi Primary is in Site C in the Khayelitsha informal settlement. First established in 1985, the school has served the community as a community hall for meetings and a hiding place from police raids at the height of the apartheid era as well as a place to educate the youth. Over 75% of the parent community of Vuzamanzi Primary are unemployed and illiterate, many eeking out a living in the informal sector where they sell fruit and sweets at the taxi rank and station. Naturally, there is a high percentage of non-fee payment by these parents who simply cannot afford school fees and the school has now been identified as a pilot school for the no payment of school fees in the Western Province.