Thu Nov 07 10:18:00 UTC 2019
- In the previous financial year the Shoprite Group partnered with 85 early childhood development (ECD) centres in South Africa.
- Support includes education and governance training, meals for the children and critical structural upgrades.
- Recently 15 preschools in and around Kathu in the Norhern Cape benefited from an extensive teacher training programme.
- One of these is Mpelege Pre-Primary, founded in 1998 with 3 caregivers and 40 children. Today Shirley Kalaine and her team of 11 caregivers look after 126 children.
Fifteen preschools in and around Kathu in the Northern Cape in South Africa, recently benefited from an extensive teacher training programme following a partnership with Shoprite.
One of these schools is Mpelege Pre-Primary in Sesheng, which Shirley Kalaine (56) founded in 1998.
- Shirley Kalaine, founder of Mpelege Pre-Primary
Shoprite’s support of Mpelege included the fitting of new toilets and a kitchen as well as new windows and fresh paint inside and outside.
- Shirley Kalaine
In the last financial year the retailer partnered with no fewer than 85 early childhood development (ECD) centres in South Africa. Support for these preschools include education and governance training, meals for more than 300 000 children as well as critical structural upgrades to their school buildings.
- Lunga Schoeman, the Shoprite Group’s CSI manager
- Shirley Kalaine
Last year her school received awards from the National Development Agency for the best ECD practitioner and best ECD centre in the Northern Cape. Shirley and her team were also recognised for their good work in 2012 when their school won a national prize for the best ECD centre in the Northern Cape.