Students for the community
September marked the University of the Free State’s annual community outreach programme where journalism and marketing students alike gathered to enrich the learning experiences of children in the Bloemfontein community.
To accommodate students, the coordinators of the service learning experience divided students into two groups consisting of group Tjhabelang primary school and the Brandwag primary school group. The Tjhabelang primary school is located in the Bainsvlei area on the outskirts of Bloemfontein where the founders created a comprehensive and well-adjusted learning environment for the children in the rural surroundings.
Students from the Tjhabelang group had the opportunity to spend time with as well as teach and be taught by the learners from the schools through the course of the three week outreach. Each week brought new challenges for student and learner alike as the students now had to become the teachers and the learners had to adjust to even more teachers around.
Tjhabelang primary school relies on donations from the public, for any further information or to make a donation visit them on www.tjhabelang.com or send an email to [email protected] to find out how you can contribute.
