20 Mattresses Make a Difference

Grassroot Hope in South Africa (GHISA) with a few very generous donors recently came to the assistance of Richmond High School. A new initiative garnered statistics that showed marked pass rates amongst students who stayed on the school premises.

The Class of 2022 achieved an incredible improvement over the 2021 pass rate. The increase from 50% to 83% was achieved and declared the most improved result in the Northern Cape Province!

33% Increased Pass Rate

A large part of this success was due to a very focused approach that included the option of students staying on the premises at the school’s hostel. Unfortunately the school was short 20 single mattresses and approached GHISA for assistance on Monday the 6th of February.

With the help of three very generous donors, from the farming

community, the mattresses were purchased and a fourth donor, also from the farming community kindly paid for the delivery charges from De Aar. The mattresses were duly delivered on Thursday, the 9th of February.

20 Mattresses Make a Difference

Photographed are Johan Benn the principal, Rachel Koen, the matron of the school hostel, Oventin Ferris, project manager at GHISA and many enthusiastic students.

A BIG Thank You to everyone who assisted to make this possible in record time including the principle Johan Benn !! Good Luck for 2023 !!