Help bring water to the children of Mpepule

Location:	Lephalale, South Africa
Category:	Education
Published:	13 August 2008
Progress:	100% funded
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Mpepule Primary School, is in desperate need of water and needs a borehole to install a Playpump (www.playpump.org) for the school and boarding house - this system uses a merry-go-round that utilises the energy of playing children. The farm school is located in a rural area of the Limpopo Province South Africa and consists of 70 pupils aged 5 to 14 and two dedicated teachers. All children are boarders, whose parents work on surrounding farms and although being a government school they receive little government funding.

One of the biggest challenges facing the school is water. There is no running water on the property and water is delivered by the farm owner, only twice a week. Although, this has resulted in a ‘water wise’ school it has hampered the school’s growth. Growing steadily in numbers each year extra pupils have placed a strain on this precious resource.

Despite limited resources Mpepule Primary continuously seeks to improve their environment. They were the proud recipients of a Green Flag award for Environmental Excellence through the Eco-schools programme in 2006 and 2007 and are aiming for their third flag in 2008. One of their projects for which they have received recognition is their organic vegetable garden. All school members play a role in looking after the garden which feeds the children year round. The garden has formed an integral part of the school curriculum over the past two years, providing an experiential learning experience for the classes (e.g. making compost from food waste, designing ‘water friendly’ ways of gardening).

The school is hoping to install a borehole fitted to a Playpump. This would enable the borehole to work without electricity, just using the energy of children playing. This would provide both water and a play-ground for the school, and allow them grow. We have arranged that a Playpump is donated free of charge if a borehole can be sunk on the school property.

Completed (2):

• borehole

  100% funded
  3100 Euro. • Published 13 August 2008
  In order to have water, Mpepule needs to sink and install a borehole to be fitted to a Playpump. We have arranged that a Playpump be donated when a borehole is sunk on the school property.

English (6):

E. Roberts

Mpepule finally installs its new library

by E. Roberts, posted 3 months ago

The library has finally been installed!   After a few months of red tape, the new library building was erected on the school grounds, just in time for the holidays.   After liaisons with the local Department of Education it was decided that instea

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  Hannelore S.

  F • Heidelberg, Germany

  I have known Anthony and Erin Roberts for a couple of years and was fortunate in visiting the Wilderness School on a recent trip to South Africa. I decided to activate and invite some friends in supporting the Mpepule Project and asked them to donate as my birthday present - which they kindly did - today I am donating our combinde effort------ Ich kenne Anthony und Erin Roberts schon seit einigen Jahren und habe die Wildniss Schule bei einem Trip nach Südafrika selbst besucht. Ich habe daraufhin beschlossen einige Freunde zu aktivieren und einzuladen und bat sie anstelle eines Geburtstagsgeschenkes an das Prokekt zu spenden - Heute spende ich den gesammelten Betrag.

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  B. Sieber

  31/M • Cape Town, South Africa

  I have known Dr Roberts and his wife Erin for many years and have experienced the excellent work they are doing at the wilderness school first hand. Children are the future and providing a greater knowledge and understanding of nature, wildlife and cultural heritage truly enriches their lives and provides inspiring opportunities.
  Mpepule school is one of 11 community schools that form part of the Wilderness School's Eco-schools program - I highly recommend you support the efforts made to sustainably improve the schools and the communities!
  
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  Ich kenne Dr Robers und seine Frau Erin seit vielen Jahren und habe die hervorrangende Arbeit die sie in der "Wildniss Schule" machen selbst erlebt. Kinder sind die Zukunft und ihr Wissen und Verständis von Natur, Umwelt und ihrem Kulturerbe bereichern ihr Leben und erschliessen ihnen neue Möglichkeiten.
  Die Mpepule Schule ist als eine von 11 lokalen Schulen Teil des Eco-school Programms der Wilderness School - Ich kann die Unterstützung der Initiativen, die die Schulen und Communities nachhaltig verbessern werden nur empfehlen.