NHA in the Community

Donation to schools

In its commitment to social upliftment in Southern Africa, NHA has embarked on a social responsibility programme.   Twenty computers were donated to needy schools in the Cape Town Metropole thereby making a contribution towards bridging the digital divide which exists between segments of our population.

The computers were retrieved from an NHA client who was in the process of upgrading.   "The PC's were no longer feasible for our client's needs," said Neil Harvey, MD of NHA, "at the same time, they were not fit for the dirt heap.  We had been looking at the possibility of a social responsibility project of our own and they presented us with the ideal opportunity to get one off the ground."

To ensure that the computers were in suitable condition for donation, they were refurbished by a local company at NHA's expense.

The computers were distributed amongst four schools.  Levana Primary School in Lavender Hill, Zanemfundo Primary School in Philippi, St. James Primary School, Kalk Bay and the Ark at Airport Industria.

Zanemfundo (Come with Education) Primary School in Philippi has had no computers for student use.  "We have two for administration purposes, but nothing for the education of our children," confirmed Phumlani Santashta, Principal of Zanemfundo, "NHA's donation now provides our near one thousand three hundred pupils with greater learning opportunities."

The Ark, Airport Industria, accommodates six hundred abandoned children and receives no government funding.  Boasting a recent one hundred percent Matric pass rate and only five computers in the school, Barry Abrahams, the Principal, expressed their desperate need for and appreciation of NHA's donation.

"Our social responsibility programme is new and relatively small, but it's our way of making a contribution to the community and the children within that community," said Harvey.  "Although this is a first for us, we have further plans for this programme and hope to equip more schools during 2003.