{"id":184852,"date":"2018-08-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/184852\/school-shoes-and-socks-for-needy-learners\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:13:25","slug":"school-shoes-and-socks-for-needy-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/21\/school-shoes-and-socks-for-needy-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"School shoes and socks for needy learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of Hawk Academy learners arrived at school last Tuesday morning with dated shoes and torn socks but their fate was due to change.<\/p>\n

Eighty-eight learners stepped into new shoes and socks donated by Kemtek Imaging Systems.<\/p>

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Kemtek Imaging Systems enjoyed Mandela Day festivities at Hawk Academy this year.<\/p>\n

However, although the company had a pleasant day, they left saddened by the number of children who were running around without proper school shoes or socks.<\/p>

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\u201cI remember standing at the gate looking at a child who was wearing worn-out school shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told myself I wanted to buy that child school shoes because it was cold and I could not imagine going through winter with those shoes on,\u201d said Mashudu Serovha from Kemtek Imaging Systems.<\/p>\n

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Much-needed school shoes and socks were donated to Hawk Academy learners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the day progressed, Mashudu identified more learners who were in need of school shoes and socks, and an initiative to donate school shoes to the school began.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy colleagues and I asked one of the teachers to provide us with the details of the children we had identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the end of the day we had created a list of 33 children who needed quality school shoes and socks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mashudu returned to work with this list and his initiative was driven to success by colleagues who pledged to donate shoes and socks to the learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the help of my colleagues, we were able to donate 88 pairs of schools shoes and 56 pairs of socks to the needy learners of Hawk Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Kemtek employees we have pitched this initiative to our managers and we want to conduct it as an annual initiative, helping schools across Ekurhuleni,\u201d said Mashudu.<\/p>\n

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New shoes donated to Hawk Academy learners in need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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