ECD Block back in use! Plus other news

The recently redecorated ECD block at Pakati Primary school – see https://friendsofpakati.com/2021/09/26/pakati-news-updates/ – is now in use by the school’s youngest pupils. My thanks go to teacher Mr Chorichi for sending the pictures and information below.

The painting of the ECD block, and indeed the other classrooms & toilet blocks, were done by local residents and tradesmen Nickson Dzimauta, Tendayi Baye and Christopher Maunje – see more here https://friendsofpakati.com/2021/09/26/pakati-news-updates/

Inside the ECD Block, here is the ECD teacher Ms Mandingaisa, who is delighted with the improvements, as are the pupils themselves.

The pupils are still following Covid protocols, but at least they are back in school, and listening intently to their teacher.

Other News – donation

A keen supporter of Friends of Pakati, Max Bell, has very kindly donated some items to us. Most recently, in order to publicise his book, he has been sponsoring some Scunthorpe United away games. Rochdale v Scunthorpe was a successful day for Max, and he was given a Rochdale shirt signed by all their players. He gave it to me to sell & raise funds for Friends of Pakati.

It went for auction on ebay courstesy of Simon Faulkner – see https://friendsofpakati.com/2021/07/02/a-friend-of-friends-of-pakati-meet-simon/ – and it has gone to the highest bid of £50! It turns out the bid was made by another fellow fan of the Iron – Paul Verrico, who also has his own charity http://www.teamverrico.org – and has been supportive of Friends of Pakati for some time, often giving advice and encouragement. Thank you Paull!

I understand there are a couple of other items being sold on our behalf, and I will update the blog when I hesr more. In the meantime, the detail of our finances are available here https://friendsofpakati.com/income-expnditure-monthly-information/ updated every month.

Merchandise

We have merchandise to sell – T-shirts, mugs, coasters, badges, key riings…and very soon there car/window stickers!

See https://friendsofpakati.com/merchandise/ for more details.

To place an order please contact me via email friendsofpakati@gmail.com DM http://Twitter.com/friendsofpakati IM http://Facebook.com/Friends-of-pakati giving full details of your order & your contact details/full postal address.