Nqamakwe is a small village in the Amatole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The village of Nqamakwe was established in 1876 and currently has a population of about 60,000 people. It is approximately 122 kilometers from the closest regional hub in the Eastern Cape being East London.
Recently Nomaheya Secondary School became a recipient of a generous donation by Yandani Farms. The Company identified Nomaheya Senior Secondary School as a deserving recipient for a fully-fledged Computer Lab.
The initiative, headed by Yandani Farms Managing Director Mr. Fuzile Balintulo, identified that the school’s in the area were still battling to access resources such as computers because of budgetary constraints on the part of the school.
To commemorate this wonderful gesture by Yandani Farms, Nomaheya Senior Secondary School hosted a massive celebration and thank you event at the School in Nqamakwe Village.
At the event numerous speakers spoke out about the importance of education and how we can all do more to help our schools to become centres of excellence. Yandani Farms has made a huge contribution to the development of this school as it will motivate other businesses in the area to also make donations.
It was through consultation with the school that Yandani Farms decided that it will finance the purchase of over 20 top of the range Laptop Computers, complete with relevant software and a Server to Nomaheya Senior Secondary School. A classroom was identified which the Computer lab would be housed in. All the necessary security features were installed to the computer lab building and the necessary furniture was procured.
This Computer Lab is envisaged to become a window of opportunity for students studying at Nomaheya Senior Secondary School to have access and connection to the information highway, through internet connectivity. This will allow them to learn how to operate computers, download study material and allow teachers to do research on a variety of topics such as science, agriculture and mathematics.
With this resource, teaching will become interactive to cultivate a new culture of exploring and sharing of ideas. With the world increasingly becoming digitized, this Computer lab will become a critical component to shape and impact knowledge on the young students of Nomaheya Senior Secondary School.
