Israel South Africa Foundation, Beacon Sweets, Imana, Ithubalethu 17 Additional classrooms added to St Phillips Primary School Situated on the border of KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and Swaziland, this project has, thanks to the funding of the Israel South Africa Foundation, provided a model for rural development which the P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is replicating elsewhere. To date, eight additional classrooms have been built at the High School and accommodation for twelve teachers, as well as seventeen additional classrooms at the Primary School with accommodation for eight teachers. The community hall will be completed soon and small business projects at the Centre will be funded by the Dept. of Welfare's Poverty Alleviation Program Picture showing the lawn and garden at St. Phillips Primary School where parents collected money to buy a lawnmower to cut the grass. This photo shows a group of children from the St. Phillips Primary School at Ndumo presenting traditional dancing.
Cultural tradition is still very strong in some rural communities.
Traditions very much alive. In spite of the new classrooms, scholars are still seated three in a desk due to a shortage of facilities. New community centre under construction, where small business development will take place. The above photos of Mama Africa s creche at Ntingwe and the Nkandla creche for 65 children show yet another example of the appalling conditions under which pre-school children are cared for in rural communities. Situated adjacent to the Ntingwe Tea Estate, in the Tugela Valley, the project is a focal point for the development of fourteen villages in the district.