Die Bron Primary School Community Service Report

Bronwen Seagar 06/09/2016

9&10 July 2016, 2nd Somersert West - 1st Monte Vista – 2nd Kenridge – 2nd Bergvliet

Die Bron Primary school facilitates the education of approximately 475 students, all of whom come from incredibly impoverished backgrounds. Due to the circumstances of the community, the school is a part of a government feeding scheme which enables the school to feed the children.

The principal therefore expressed the need to have herbs and vegetables that could be added to help make the meals more interesting. The majority of the learners’ parents are illiterate and there is a high unemployment rate in the area.

There were three main projects that the scouts were tasked with completing: the planting of indigenous trees, construction of a swing set, and assembling of food boxes with the goal of growing fresh herbs and vegetables which could be added to the school lunches.

The food box project consisted of three aspects, the making of the food boxes, making seed packs that children brought home and planting herbs. For the first aspect, we built three food boxes which were 3m by 1m wooden troughs that were fixed into the ground using the four corner pieces. These troughs were filled with nutrient rich soil and we planted an assortment of vegetables in them. The vegetables included carrots, onions, beans, cabbages, lettuce and kale. The vegetables, once picked will be used in some of the school lunches.

In the second aspect, we made 100 seed bundles - which consisted of a packet of seeds and a booklet of planting instructions. 100 children from the school will be given them with the idea to plant them and start their very own gardens at home.

The third aspect was planting various herbs such as mint, rosemary and thyme in their planting pots so that they can use the herbs along with the vegetables in their meals.

Finally, the school was provided with 100 Food For Life booklets to distribute to the scholars in the hope that it will help them to provide for their families.

The second project tackled by the scouts involved the building of a sandpit and swing set for the younger children of the school. A swing set was designed and the necessary equipment sourced.

The third project involved planting indigenous trees on the property so that the future learners may have some shade to sit under during their breaks.

In conclusion, the projects were very successful and this would not have been possible without the National office for the opportunity to give back to the community and improve the lives of discount on all materials needed to build the sandpit, swing set and food boxes. The school was highly hospitable to the scouts and expressed that we would be welcomed back at any time.