There was much excitement when the children of Sizakhele Primary School in Morgenzon, Mpumalanga, entered their school’s brand-new library delivered through the Mandela Day Library project.

The Mandela Day Library Project is the primary Mandela Day project for South African non-profit organisation Participate for Good, which operates a fully automated system for gathering funds for the school library campaign.

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Sizakhele Primary School serves 1 400 children who live in a deeply rural area. Grade 4 learners read to the people who attended the library’s launch, with confidence.

Representatives from insulation services supplier Kaefer, a long-standing partner of the Mandela Day Library project, attended the launch of yet another library sponsored by their firm.

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The launch was also attended by members of the school governing body, the school’s principal and deputy principal and a very excited librarian, Lucia Mabida, who recently finished a diploma in library operations in anticipation of receiving the library.