Primrose Primary School welcomed a donation from AYO and Associates on June 8.<\/p>\n
The seven pupils, from the local school,\u00a0each received a school uniform from the NGO.<\/p>
\u201cThis is my second project as I also dressed 10 children earlier this year at Umlazi Primary School, in Durban,\u201d said the founder of AYO and Associates, Ayanda Mtshali.<\/p>\n
\u201cI registered AYO and Associates two years ago and the focus for now is on donating school uniforms.<\/p>
\u201cI am starting small as I am currently the only one running the NGO but my goal is to be able to also donate food and sanitary pads.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mtshali\u2019s life experience is the reason and driving force behind the initiative.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up in poverty and it is something that I don\u2019t wish upon anybody else,\u201d explained Mtshali.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was raised by my single mother, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu, who worked very hard to provide for me and it is because of her efforts that I made it out of poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see a lot of children out in the streets walking barefoot without a proper uniform and it breaks my heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI now have a job, a car and I am surviving but there are others who are still suffering which is why I started this NGO.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mtshali also said that her mother helped in the selection of the local school.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother lives in Primrose and when I told her that I want to start with my second project she suggested that it be Primrose Primary School,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe also told me that some of the children, from the school, live in Makause informal settlement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very happy to make a positive difference in the children\u2019s lives, the power of giving is amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of people who need your help, so if you are able to lend a helping hand, why not?<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to keep contact with the children just to find out and see how they are progressing in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The local school\u2019s librarian, Makhosazana Majozi, was pleased.<\/p>\n
\u201cMay God bless those who donated, it is in giving that you receive, we really need more of this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to ST Nubian, the company that made this donation possible,\u201d said Mtshali.<\/p>\n
The children received jerseys, shoes, shirts and tracksuits, among other items.<\/p>\n
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