On 29 November I visited a number of schools as part of a project African AIDS Foundation is developing. A small unregistered school developed by the local community was an awareness raising visit. As South Africa struggles to overcome the past and develop infrastructure this visit too the KwaNkosana district highlighted the challenges being faced. The school is two small classrooms for 60 or so kids in kindergarten and Grade 1. As you can see the classrooms are still building sites. Staff from the nearest school drive up and take classes on rotation morning and afternoon.
The photo below is all that exists apart from some toilets being developed 50metres away. The school has no chalkboard, lacks fencing to keep the kids out of the deep ravines nearby which I imagined as raging torrents in wet weather, cement to finish off the existing structres, desks and other essentaill items such as educational materials.
The pictures below and above tell the story. During a break the kids help out by carrying the large blocks to the location where toilets are being constructed. Remember 5and 6 year old kids
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