Myschool and Woolworths pass R100 Million in Education Fundraising
In April 2015, South African chain store Woolworths managed to raise R104 million in its R100 Million Education Campaign.
This milestone was achieved through the support of its customers and active MySchool cardholders who participated in the campaign between April 2015 and December 2016. The campaign is part of Woolworths’ and MySchool’s ongoing commitment to improving the quality of education in South African schools.
Llaunched in 2015, the ‘Raise R100 million for Education’ campaign was introduced to accelerate Woolworths’ efforts to raise R100 million for education in South Africa. This was done through MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, a leading fundraising platform which contributes more than R1 million per week to over 7 000 schools, charities, animal welfare and environmental organisations across South Africa.
Since the beginning of the campaign, the funds raised have helped thousands of scholars through various educational initiatives and structured support, including:
Upgrades to classrooms and new toilet facilities at Thohoyandou Primary School in Pretoria;
- The purchase of over 5 500 Tutudesks for rural schools in the Eastern Cape, so schoolchildren now have something to write and draw on;
- The development of a sensory botanical garden at Athlone School For The Blind, Cape Town;
- The extension of the Bricklaying Workshop at Westridge High School, a technical skills training college in Durban;
- Vissershok Primary School, a rural farm school that services the Du Noon informal settlement, was able to replace their guttering and down pipes;
- Hout Bay High School purchased back-to-school stationery packs for all their learners;
- Laerskool Elarduspark started a feeding scheme with their MySchool funds for learners who come to school without food;
- The Willows Nursery School used their MySchool funds to subsidise school fees for low income families;
- Gene Louw Primary School funded occupational therapy for learners who cannot afford it; and,
- Emisebeni Primary School repaired their kitchen which had burned down, so they able to provide school meals again.