Archive for the ‘Junior Town Council’ Category

The Junior Town Council, under the watchful eye of Theo de Wet, has already been involved in many projects so far. Theo assisted the Theewaterkloof Municipality in establishing their own Junior Town Council recently. A Life Skills Camp for Grade 10 and 11 learners are scheduled from 7th -9th May 2010 on the outskirts of Gansbaai.

The Junior Town Councillors have been implementing their non-sponsored community projects during December/January. In Mount Pleasant councillors assisted Animal Welfare with a “spayathon” day.  The Zwelihle junior councillors worked as volunteers at the Summer Camp for two weeks.  Hawston councillors organized a sports/games day at the Hawston swimming pool and received permission from the municpality to offer free entry for the day.  The Stanford councillors spent a day cleaning up the river area in Stanford.

The major project in December was the Summer School.  This is such a worthwhile project even though it comes at a time when staff are already very tired.  The Summer School ran as a Junior Town Council project and junior town councillors participated as volunteer leaders.

The Volunteers camp for this project ran from 5 – 7 December at Wortelgat.

The inauguration of the Junior Town Council on the 31st July went well. Feedback from several individuals who were present at this event was extremely positive – many people expressed their sense of hope for the future after seeing the integration of youngsters across race, school, geographical area, social class etc, and the way in which they interacted.

The inauguration was followed by a junior council training session on the 21st August.  The focus was on service delivery, communication and public speaking.

The Junior Town Council raised funds for the Child Welfare by holding a street collection.

Members of Hermanus High School’s Junior Town Council were able to contribute packs of disposable nappies for new born babies in the maternity ward of the Hermanus Provincial Hospital.

Qhayiya Secondary pupils painted a striking wall mural in the small park at the entrance to the old location. Part of this project is the cleanup of the park which includes removing large rocks and filling holes to make the park safer for the children.