Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students from the Wellington campus have made a generous donation to the Andrew Murray Children’s Home (AMCH) in Wellington.
The first-year Business and Information Administration (BIA) students were expected to execute a fundraising event as part of a second semester project.
“Students were placed in groups, and each group was expected to plan and execute fundraising events, including costing and marketing,” said Mohamed Badat, Business Administration and Financial lecturer.
Andrew Murray Children’s Home has been in partnership with CPUT for the past four years, with this initiative running just as long.
The group of students from the Wellington campus, which spent approximately four weeks on the project, held events that consisted of a braai, student night and fast food stall, which successfully raised R12 000 for charity.
The students donated the full amount to the Andrew Murray Children’s Home on Friday 15 November.
Besides the monetary donation, students also got involved in voluntary work at AMCH.
“The students assisted with after-care programmes like the Help-me-to-read classes, and homework in different subjects,” says Karen Petersen, Marketing and Funding Manager at AMCH.
With the project running for four years, before undertaking any fundraising, specific needs or projects are identified by staff of CPUT and the AMCH, to which the money will be allocated.
Badat added: “In this case the money will go to a mentorship and Bursary Fund initiated by the AMCH to support its matriculants in studying further and improving their prospects in becoming self-sufficient.”
