The Solidarity Helping Hand gave out more than 250 school bags to grade one pupils this week.
In Gauteng, the national project received 1070 school bags to hand out to pupils in need.
The local Roodepoort branch of the project chose laerskole Dr Havinga, Florida, Roodebeek and Generaal de la Rey to visit.
“We are grateful for this project which helps the children immensely. Some parents cannot afford to buy such items such as stationary. This project is doing an amazing job,” said Laerskool Florida’s principal, Francois du Toit.
The annual Schoolbag Project started in 2007 because more parents could not afford school fees or basic foodstuff.
Adriaan and Mariette van de Werken from Solidarity said the reason for this project was to allow pupils who are underprivileged to start their school careers on an equal footing with all their classmates.
“We believe the children are the future and if we can have a positive impact at such a stage in their lives when they are beginning the first year of their schooling, then we will help,” they said.
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