The Education Enablers Fund established in October 2014 has been initiated to provide basic necessities to learners from poor households in rural areas, who are in need of basic day-to-day necessities required to attend school such as school uniforms, shoes, writing material and school bags.
During the launch Ramukumba was joined by KwaZulu Natal Premier Honourable Senzo Mchunu.
Many children in South Africa continue to face daily struggles caused by the effects of poverty, HIV/AIDS and high unemployment levels.
Scores of children are still unable to attend school because of a lack of basic day to day school necessities.
“The NYDA believes that walking to school barefoot, without the necessary education enablers is not how young scholars should be ushered into the future.
With education lives can be improved, the poverty cycle can be broken and people can lead sustainable livelihoods,” says Ramukumba.
The fund will identify and help young scholars, of rural based schools, who are in need of the basic day to day necessities required to attend school. The first phase of the fund is being implemented in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and in the Eastern Cape, to rural based schools, which are classified by the Department of basic education as under resourced.
