By Wen Hung | Project Leader
Ncamiso Dlamini is a 13-year-old boy, the sixth grade student at Mabhahhu Primary School who lives with his aunt and cousin. He is a double orphan because both of his parents died of HIV/AIDS years ago. However, his aunt’s family financial status is not that good.
“I think I am one of meal skipping children, and I did worry that I might be hungry after missing the school meal. Actually, I do rely on school meals as my primary source of nutrition. I am very grateful for TFCF assistance and all donors who support and help build the kitchen and alleviate our financial burden. I am looking forward to going to school after this summer vocation, and I believe all of students will be very happy to see our new kitchen after the school opens.
I want to study hard and hope I have the ability to help people like what you did for our school. Thank you very much!”
- Message from Ncamiso Dlamini, the project beneficiary
** Ncamiso Dlamini is the fake name due to the fact that the privacy and safety of individuals is respected.
Solve the problem and just do it!
At the beginning of the project, we encountered many challenges, such as the long procedure to get the approval and permission from the relevant ministries in order to construct the kitchen at the school. Due to the specific land condition, we had to modify several times and custom-made the kitchen structure plan in order to ensure the land will fit into the overall future planning for the kitchen area. The successful collaboration among the building consultant, the staffs of school and representatives of the construction committee resulted in reduced cost and higher efficiency. We have finally overcome all the challenges and they did smooth out our construction work afterwards. It has been a good experience to bring changes to a community and school in need. We are so thankful to you who support and donate in this project.
It has been a relatively 3 months since the beginning of the construction of the new kitchen at Mabhahhu. The major construction was completed on the 22nd July 2019 and we have done a final inspection of the structure on the 31st July 2019 by the building consultant, TFCF director, the principal of school and representatives of the construction committee. We are pleased with the condition of the kitchen and we are looking forward to seeing the positive impact for all children in the school. We believe what we have done will have big changes in both children nutrition and education performance in the school. Not only the construction, we are also pleased with the improvement of school daily meals. All children in school will be able to enjoy school meals in a safe, clean and secure environment. At the moment, all children are in mid- term break and we expect to run the trial cook by using the new kitchen when the school opens on the 10th September 2019. We are happy to announce the official kitchen opening will be held on the 21st September 2019. Thank you for your great support and let’s keep moving forward to assisting needy children together.
With gratitude,
Wen Hung
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