The students collected cans of food from March for the pupils with severe intellectual disabilities and special educational needs.
The handover event was held at the Boston Media House Sandton campus, where Nokuthula Centre and Special School vice principal Trevor Mkonta accepted over 5 000 cans collectively donated by students of Boston Media House, Makro in Woodmead, GIB Financial Services, Modhomco, Amen Global Ministry and Junto Consulting.
In addition to this, Hartway Investment & Logistics donated R3 000 to go towards the school for more cans of food to be purchased in the future.
Mkonta expressed gratitude and said the school’s initial expectations were not only met, but were exceeded by the achievements of the donation drive.
“It is also very refreshing for us to have witnessed the public relations students of Boston Media House Sandton give not only of their resources but their time as well when they visited our school for a day to interact with the children and lend a helping hand,” added Mkonta.
“We are thankful for this act of ubuntu.”
Claire Jackson-Bernardo, the public relations lecturer at Boston Media House Sandton campus said, “As a lecturer, nothing could make me more proud than seeing three years of theory, assignments and training coming together in a fantastic initiative that the class of 2015 has put together. Over the past few months, they have learnt valuable real life skills that have helped lay the foundations for them to be the public relations professionals Boston Media House has trained them to be.”
In a joint statement, the students said the support they received from their peers and sponsors has kept the vision alive for them throughout the past few months of the donation drive.
“As young people, this initiative was particularly important to us in proving that the youth of South Africa can get actively involved in finding and implementing positive ways to better the country,” said Mararianda Mnyakama, one of the students.
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