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- By: DNA New Hope School
- Short URL: http://www.backabuddy.co.za/newhopeschool
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A BIG THANK YOU from all New Hope School learners for visiting our fundraiser page! DNA stands for Disabled Needs Action, because we have to take action to help children with disabilities.
New Hope School walking group, calling themselves DNA, are very eager to partake in another fun walk and we have decided to participate in the DISCOVERY 702 WALK THE TALK ! We will be walking and running (and some of us willpartake in our wheelchairs) the 5km Fun Walk at Marks Park Sports Club, on 27 July 2008 to RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR FELLOW NEEDY LEARNERS. All funds raised through our BackaBuddy webpage will once again go to the Needy Children's Fund.
You can help us by making a secure and safe online donation AND by forwarding this page to all your friends, family and colleagues.
Donations are also welcome after the event has taken place, since the Needy Children's Fund is always active. Please join us on 27 July - we would love to see you there.
PREVIOUS FUN WALK - 10 MAY
71 New Hope School learners participated in the Fun Walk / Run event on Saturday 10 May 2008 at Fountain Valley in Pretoria. We would like to thank everyone who made an online donation as well as to those who sponsored some of our children's entrance fees! A picture of Arthur Gough (8) who took part in the Fun Walk, appeared in Die Beeld newspaper on Wednesday 14 May 2008.
You can visit the New Hope School Website at www.newhopeschool.co.za
Thank you and God bless.
DNA
Donations
| Name | Comment | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| charlotte | May 13, 2008 | R 100.00 | |
| Petro | Baie sterkte en voorspoed | May 08, 2008 | R 100.00 |
| Robert | Julle is sterre! | May 08, 2008 | R 200.00 |
| Sarie | Sterkte met julle fondsinsameling. Sal dit dophou. | May 07, 2008 | R 100.00 |
New Hope School |
New Hope School was established in 1971 as a multi-cultural school for cerebral palsied, learning disabled, dyslexic and multi-disabled learners from the age of 3 years up to 21 years of age. The school provides education from nursery, primary to high school level, as well as a "work orientation phase". It has hostel facilities to accommodate learners from rural areas, and maintains a transport system to accommodate learners who are unable to use public transportation. There are only two schools for Cerebral Palsied children in Pretoria, and none in the provinces to the north of Gauteng. New Hope School thus fulfils a critical need for a vast area - NW Province, Mpumalanga, etc. At present, the school has 391 learners, which is the equivalent of a main stream school of 1360 learners, given the Department of Education's disability weighting ratio. The school was originally built to accommodate only 219 learners, but there has been a dramatic increase in severely physically disabled learners admitted over the past few years, and it is expected that in future years, this increase will continue to the extent that the school will find it very difficult to cope. With a few exceptions, school projects in state schools are based on established, Department of Education regulated and proven academic and business principles. Fundraising projects are mainly the expansion of these projects, to augment shortcomings in the Department's funding, which is especially rife in schools with special needs such as the New Hope School. |
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