Making a difference

THE Khomasdal Primary School in Windhoek started a soup kitchen four weeks ago at which children receive coffee and bread twice a week and are provided with soup once a week.

Strange as it may seem, the soup kitchen has its roots in a theft at the school. The computers were stolen and all the data had to be re-programmed into new computers.As a result, the school asked parents for a N$5 donation to pay Shirley Louw to do the work.Louw, however, did not take the money but instead used it to start the soup kitchen.About 170 children were identified as very needy and now benefit from the soup kitchen.Most of these children stay with grandparents who survive on their pensions.Many more children need food but the school can only do so much without outside help.The school has received one-off donations from various companies, while Checkers Maerua Mall donates bread every week.The computers were stolen and all the data had to be re-programmed into new computers.As a result, the school asked parents for a N$5 donation to pay Shirley Louw to do the work.Louw, however, did not take the money but instead used it to start the soup kitchen.About 170 children were identified as very needy and now benefit from the soup kitchen.Most of these children stay with grandparents who survive on their pensions.Many more children need food but the school can only do so much without outside help.The school has received one-off donations from various companies, while Checkers Maerua Mall donates bread every week.