NW0186 LOKALENG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Date installed: 18.11.2009
Location: Lokaleng Village,
North West Province,
South Africa
In the village of Lokaleng there is a beautiful school called Lokaleng Primary, which consists of 10 classrooms in 3 buildings with 423 learners and 10 female educators. The school is named after the camel thorn tree which is popular in the area.
“I come and play here every day after school and on weekends because the PlayPump is great fun. My mother works in Johannesburg at the Spar supermarket. She only comes home once a month. I sometimes don’t spend time with her because I would visit the PlayPump which is about 3 kms away” says Confidence Makoko, aged 11 Grade 6.
The community in the area live in extreme poverty, with a high number of unemployed parents. Most of the villagers are dependent on the child’s grant of R170 per child per month to feed their children. Each family has about 8 children.
About 30% of the children do not have parents because they have died of HIV/AIDS, so they are being looked after by their relatives.
“We play a lot to entertain ourselves and we collect water from this PlayPump to drink and water the vegetable garden” says Tshepang Seketema aged 10, Grade 3.
There is a feeding scheme at the school and the women cook one meal for the children every day. The meal consists of soup, samp, vegetables and porridge. The school uses water mainly for drinking, cooking and to water the vegetable garden. They grow spinach, red peppers, onions and lettuce for the kids to eat.
The safe supply of water has been a huge help to the school because the previous water source was an ageing hand pump which was heavy for the children to pump and was 600 m away.
“We are very happy with the PlayPump because we are able to drink clean water every day. The children from the neighbouring middle school come and play on this PlayPump every day after school and on weekends” says delighted principal Ms. Galonteboge M. Tshabang, aged 55.
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