Planting tomorrow’s meal

The planting is part of the students’ annual Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme where each year the students decide to support one of the neighbouring communities through charity work. The Boston Media House students chose to plant a vegetable garden to help support the learning process among the pupils of Emfundisweni Primary School.

Boston Media House student and Media Liaison Ziphozethu Khambule said, “There are many children in our communities who go to bed hungry and wake up to go to school still on an empty stomach. However, this does not stop them from attending school. The eagerness to learn and build a better future is what drives some of these children despite the hunger, however, the eagerness can only take them so far. An empty stomach affects a child’s ability to concentrate and take in what is being taught at school, thus resulting in poor marks and in turn a hinder in the progress.”

Khambule added the programme also attempts to break the negative stereotypes linked to young people in South Africa, shedding the image of selfishness, technology obsessed and greediness.

The students have campaigned around their campus in Sandton to raise funds to supplement the generous donations of seeds and seedlings by Montrose Nursery in Sandown. They have attempted to raise awareness and educate others on the importance of taking action in one’s local community.