How safety scissors moved an educator to tears

Can you guess what the difference is between being privileged and underprivileged? One pencil. Simple, almost incredulous, yet true. The lack of educational resources is a reality for Early Childhood-Development (ECD) centres and primary schools in rural and peri-urban Zimbabwe, in areas such as Seke, Marikopo and Caledonia to name a few.  

In response, The Yellow Bus Trust, in association with Corporate Earth, have initiated a Nativity-Crafts Drive. Our vision is to bring resources to rural schools in Zimbabwe to enrich the education they are receiving. Our current goal is to fill and deliver a minimum of 10 boxes to 46 schools whose class size ranges between 45-50 children. However, the more we can gather, the more we can deliver, and so our collection list includes the following used items:

• Empty pill boxes

• Scrap paper (ie one side printed, reverse side clear)

• Toilet rolls (inner cardboard roll)

• Old magazines

• Empty Cereal Boxes

• Ends of wool/ thread

• Egg cartons

• Glue-stick

• Safety Scissors

• Pencils

• Old Crayons (even if the set is not full)

• Poster paint (even if the pots are not full)

• Yogurt containers (mini-individual cartons)

• Hard/ Loose biscuits for an icing project

Sharing is caring, so forward this to your family and friends, and remember to drop off your donations in the marked collection bins at Innovate HPC Gym. Should you want more details, kindly visit The Yellow Bus Trust Facebook Page for contact info at https://www.facebook.com/yellowbustrustzimbabwe/