The Club is delighted to announce that Rawcliffe Smart Schoolwear has donated 105 polo shirts of all sizes for children to support their Joint Project with Soroptimists in Pretoria. Rawcliffes have already donated 20 book bags to the project that aims to increase the literacy levels of the most disadvantaged children living in the Pretoria Township, many of who are affected by HIV/AIDS. It was a chance conversation between shop manager Noorjehan Gother and Irene Kerr about the project that resulted in such a generous donation.
A local Harrogate school changed its uniform and as a result the old style polo shirts were no longer needed. Club President Sue Williams said, “these polo shirts will be very well received by the children who attend the after school club in Mamelodi. We know they will get to the children because they are going through our own network. From our Club in Harrogate direct to the Soroptimist Club in Pretoria”. The book bags have already started their journey to Pretoria as Club members have handed them over to Soroptimists attending from Pretoria at the Soroptimist International Federation Conference that took place on the 5-7 November in Glasgow. #SoroptimistsGlasgow2015 @SIGBI1