It is always a thrilling experience to pay a visit to the pupils and teachers of our local Onderstepoort Primary School and spoil them with a few gifts.Five staff members of the Jotello F Soga library had the privilege to pay such a visit on Friday the 16th of July. It was a visit planned a number of months before when we had the dream of supplying every child (approximately 180 pupils) with his/her own book in support of the “Every Child a Book” campaign initiated by our professional organisation “ Library and Information Association of South Africa”. We received quite a number of books as donations for which we are very grateful and though we could unfortunately not supply each pupil with his own book, we could offer the teachers a whole crate full of interesting books which they could distribute among the different class rooms.
With the visit being close to the completion of the World Cup Soccer and all the soccer magic still in the air, we thought it a good idea to add a number of soccer balls to their gift which also included the regular chips and sweets.
The visit also coincided with Mandela Day on the 18th of July and it was good to know that we could participate in the endeavour to contribute 67 minutes of our time to creating a better world around us.
