Hulisani Ravele and Dr Musa Mthombeni announced as HomeComing Foundation ambassadors
Media personalities Hulisani Ravele and Dr Musa Mthombeni have been announced as the ambassadors of the HomeComing Foundation.
The aim of the foundation is to ensure the next generation is equipped with the adequate tools for future success.
Alongside the pair, they have launched a ground breaking initiative called #TheBucketStopsWithMe.
It’s aimed at assisting in the eradication of pit/bucket toilets in schools and replacing them with dignified and safe sanitation infrastructure, including taps and toilets for schools in need.
According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Tracker, every year millions of children die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
In South Africa, this reality manifests itself as children in more than 3 000 schools using dangerous pit latrines in their learning environment.
Speaking to Daily Sun, the managing director of the foundation, Kopano Bookholane said: “We understand that quality education is accompanied by a clean environment, sufficient equipment, and a safe space for students to thrive.”
“The initiative is the first project from our foundation, and we are proud to embark on this transformative journey that will address key problematic areas in learning environments.”
According to the foundation, with the first phase of this initiative, they aim to raise enough funds to transform the sanitation challenges in up to four schools
So far they have managed to raise just over R60 000 via the BackaBuddy crowdfunding platform.
“The funds raised are allocated towards the implementation of a non-polluting, cost-effective toilet system, plus the safe and hygienic infrastructure to house it,” Kopano said.
In a joint statement, Hulisani and Musa said they wanted to create clean and safe learning environments.
“We have both had the privilege of being educated in learning environments that were safe and clean. Our parents never had to carry the fear of receiving a phone call from the school saying that we had fallen down a pit toilet or contracted an illness as a result of unhygienic conditions. For this fear to still be a reality for so many parents and learners speaks to the crisis our education system finds itself in. We’re excited to lend not only our voices but also our hands to HomeComing Foundation,” they said.
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