Tsogo
Sun’s flagship entertainment property, Montecasino, in partnership
with Servest, Bidvest Prestige, Trango Risk Management, Letlapa First
Park, and Da Tasty TakeAways recently handed over an Audio-Visual
Mobile Library to the Grade 0 to 3 classes of the Akani Primary
School in Diepsloot.
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Ryan
Nicholas (Operations Manager of Montecasino), Glenn Joseph (General
Manager of Montecasino),
Deidre Jameson (Montecasino Property
Manager) and Mama Doreen (Principal of Akani Primary School),
with
the donated Audio-Visual Mobile Library and some of the happy
students.
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In
line with their innovative CSI strategy – which has as one of its
main focus areas the education of children in the Diepsloot area, and
specifically the students of the Akani Primary School, whom
Montecasino staff have adopted as their own – Montecasino is proud
to have been the driving force behind the donation of the Mobile
Library which includes:
·
32” built-in flat screen television;
·
500 educational and fictional books –
with 10% of those in indigenous languages, ensuring that the
non-English speaking students see themselves represented in the
community;
·
A DVD player;
·
25 educational DVDs.
Says
Montecasino General Manager Glenn Joseph: “Education, and
along with it community development, is a core element of
Montecasino’s strategic plans and a philosophy that is very much a
part of the Tsogo Sun Learning Academy ethos. We
saw the need for a library resource within Akani Primary School and
felt an obligation to fill the gap. Libraries are important elements
in child development; through books and other educational resources
children learn to share, to be engaged in their communities, to
participate in the arts, and to explore their immediate world and the
world at large.”
Montecasino
staff members pledge their own time and money to the Akani Primary
School, and take great pride in raising the funds needed to add to the
students’ lives. In addition to the financial funding provided to
the school, Montecasino staff members have a calendar in place for
the year, aimed at exposing the children to experiences that a more
privileged child might enjoy, such as outings to the Montecasino Bird
Gardens and tickets to many of the spectacular shows taking to the
stage at the Teatro at Montecasino, and
a Christmas party for the children.
“We
want to give these children a better chance at making the most of
their lives and give them a strong foundation from which to grow.
If we can make a real difference in the lives of a handful of
children, then we will have made a meaningful contribution to
society. Our
only hope is that the donation of this mobile library can go a long
way in ensuring that the children of the Diepsloot Akani Primary
School are able to benefit from a facility the school would not
otherwise be able to afford,”
concludes
Joseph.
To
find out more about Montecasino’s CSI initiatives, visit
www.montecasino.co.za.
Issued
on behalf of Montecasino by Strategic Public Relations.
