To Whom It May Concern
We hereby request a donation
towards our Bazaar. Our Bazaar will be
held on 14 September 2013 at our school premises. The aim of the Bazaar is to raise funds to
improve conditions at our school. We
wish to purchase at least four computers and four data projectors, so that we
can utilise the latest technology in all our classes for the benefit of all our
learners. We also wish to further
upgrade the security at our school, in order to eradicate the frequent acts of
burglary and vandalism which are still ongoing.
At WEPS (Walmer Estate Primary School) our policy is to forge lasting
relationships with various companies that can be of mutual benefit to all
parties concerned. We therefore do not
send hundreds of letters for donations, which appears to be the norm with most
educational institutions.
ABOUT OUR SCHOOL: AREA SITUATED: WEPS is situated in Walmer Estate, which
forms part of the upper Woodstock area.
The school lies at the foot of Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain less than 1
km outside the Cape Town city centre.
The school is situated on the South East border of Walmer Estate in an
area also known as Zonnebloem.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: Although Walmer Estate is considered by many
as a fairly affluent area, our school is situated on the border, which has been
neglected to a large extent. The
majority of our learners (about 75%) are from the black townships, mainly from
Khayelitsha, Langa & Gugulethu. The
other 25% are mostly from the Woodstock/ Salt River area and some
townships. A small percentage of our
learners are from the immediate area.
More than 60% of our learners come from single parent homes or live with
a guardian (normally the grandmother).
Although we manage to retrieve about 60% of our school fees , most of
our parents struggle to pay the school fees.
We normally have the situation where 50% or less school fees have been
paid by September, although we try to encourage parents to pay all school fees
by June every year. Many parents still
pay the previous year’s fees at the beginning of the following year. Due to the socio-economic conditions many
learners do not get a proper breakfast in the morning. The majority of our learners benefit from our
feeding scheme, through which we feed them on a daily basis.
SPORT: We do not have any sport facilities, such as
soccer fields, other than the one netball pitch which is also used for tennis
coaching. We have a very small playground, which is divided into three play
areas: an enclosed play area with a dilapidated
jungle gym (which is also in need of a complete make-over) for the foundation
phase, a second area, which includes the tennis/ netball pitch; and a lower
area which is primarily used by the senior learners for soccer practise and
other ball games.
We have a fairly extensive
sport programme which includes swimming, tennis, table tennis, soccer and
chess. Our annual Swimming Gala gives
all learners the opportunity to participate in a day of water sport & fun
events. The tennis programme takes
places throughout the year. The Growing
Tennis Foundation supports us by sending their coaches twice a week to manage
this programme. All learners and class
teachers are involved.
We are aware that most companies, like yours, have an
extensive charity programme, however we request that you consider our plight
seriously and respond favourably. You
are more than welcome to visit our premises in order to ascertain the validity
of this request. You may also visit the pages of this blog for further information. For contact details go to: http://walmereps.blogspot.com/p/contact-details.html
Thank you.
Yours faithfully
Idrees Kamish
(Principal)
