Standard Bank responds to the call of students at Johannesburg Girls Preparatory School
This Women’s Month, Standard Bank sought out to improve the lives of female learners at Johannesburg Girls Preparatory School, by providing them with three JoJo water tanks as part of the bank’s #LoveToSeeIt social media campaign, which was launched in February.
The donation is the product of a call by Standard Bank to the public to share their love and appreciation for their favourite teachers, who play such a pivotal role in shaping the minds of our country’s future leaders.
A young passionate teacher, Keneilwe Kgosiemang, seized the opportunity to reach out to Standard Bank, asking for water tanks for her school and explaining how having no water impacts daily learning.
“I always tell people that my career hardly feels like a job. Yes, the work put in is a lot and it can be stressful, but because of the love I have for this craft it makes it easy, even when it seems impossible,” says Kgosiemang.
As an organisation that is entrenched in the hearts of so many communities across South Africa, Standard Bank understands the socio-economic problems facing many communities and believes that it is through sustainable interventions of this manner that meaningful change is made.
The Johannesburg Girls Preparatory School has 1196 learners making up six Grade R classes, and four classes in each of the grades from one to seven.
“As South Africa traverses the current Covid-19 landscape, Standard Bank remains committed to investing in the future leaders of tomorrow through interventions that contribute to their development,” says Lindy Lou Alexander, Marketing Executive for Personal and Business Banking at Standard Bank South Africa. We further wish to thank M Squared who supplied us with the Jojo Tanks and assisted in making this project a success.
It is through these kinds of partnerships that Standard Bank aims to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring that the welfare of South African children is taken care of and that all interventions produce a positive difference in their lives.
“We believe that Africa’s latent potential can be unlocked if we take proactive steps to nurture the leaders of tomorrow. Through this intervention, we believe that we are creating a conducive environment that will encourage the children to attend school and become productive members of society,” concludes Alexander.
