The school is now open again with twelve pupils. Because the Care centre is closed, Marietjie who runs the school, is using one of the classrooms to achieve social distancing and to follow government guidelines.
Month: November 2020
How the corona virus pandemic is affecting the care centre
The Komaticare centre has now been closed for most of 2020. This has caused great hardship for the 70 children who were attending each day, enabling them to get two good meals. Unfortunately, with so many children, social distancing and the cost of PPE equipment has made it impossible to re-open the centre. Up to the present time we and another charity have been providing money to buy basic food such as Maize meal to be distributed in the community.
The Committee that operates the Care Centre has therefor decided to keep the centre closed for the rest of 2020 and review the situation in the New Year.
We have proposed that the kitchen be kept open to provide take away food for the children each day and the Esperado Charity will provide the funds for the food and to pay the cooks wages.