3 days before SPONSORED WALK

Message from South Africa:
(John Wesley Kosi Bay School-South Africa this morning)

'Supply of water in Manguzi is a big issue.'

·        ' Most homes, schools  and shops do not have piped water.

·         Our school had piped water 4 years back, but the infrastructure was old or inadequate and supply ceased.

·         The municipality actually owes us about R1000 as we had paid them after water supply had stopped.

·         It is evident that the government is working on water supply as we have seen pipes being laid and reservoirs built for the last 2 years.

·         Our school still have no piped water though.

·         Our buildings harvest rain water into 7 x 5000 litre plastic JOJO tanks.

·         During winter these JOJOs run dry.

·         We have drilled two boreholes on the property.

·         The first one dried up last year and we had to drill the second.

·         An electric pump extracts water, which is stored in an elevated JOJO tank.

·         On a hot day, the borehole JOJO is emptied by midday.

·         Borehole water is untreated.

·         Local residents fetch water daily using large drums filled at the river.

·         These drums are transported home on ‘bakkies’ (small trucks).

·         Some people in Manguzi earn their livelihood by transporting water around.'

Alan Stuart

ADMINISTRATOR

John Wesley School Kosi Bay

a bakkie (translated means bowl)

Some pictures of the school (JWKB):

Lessons are in classrooms which are small, noisy and thin - walled. However, there is spirit and the smiles last all day...

Sometimes lessons are outside under the tree...
The children will take a chair and head for the shade.

During playtime... there is a nice wooden play gym or just a heap of sand will do. It is here where the local gymnastics takes plays in the form of flips and somersaults. The older children teach the young ones.