Creative Intervention

Lettie de Klerk Primary School is situated in the impoverished township of Pienaar's Sig adjoining Nieu Bethesda. The school is the only one in the town and is home to almost 300 learners with a permanent staff of just six qualified teachers. The recently initiated Arts Project is currently being run on a volunteer basis by myself and I am in the process of identifying a suitable assistant who will be mentored to take over once I leave Nieu Bethesda at the end of September. The project makes use of creative writing, drawing, drama, dance and music to engage the current group of 31 learners from grades 4 to 7. Resource and financial sponsorship is being sought that will enable this initiative to become a permanent part of the extra curricula activities at the school. A management committee is being set up that will be comprised of the principal Barbara Vaaltyn, local writer and bookshop owner Nico Zaverdinos, municipal manager Phillip Olifant and businesswoman Katrien Alleman.