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Over one million schoolchildren in the Western Cape still need school halls – there remains, as populations increase - a shortfall of more than 700. All the children are from disadvantaged communities. The Archway Foundation, a CSI initiative by 92-year-old housing developer Garden Cities, intends to provide as many of the halls as it can, using of its after-tax profit annually to plough into the project. Working alone, though, it could take more than 150 years for the Foundation to achieve its ultimate goal. read more...
Mountview High School in Hanover Park is one of the 36 schools in disadvantaged areas of the Western Cape that have received an Archway Foundation Hall. In an ocean of adversity the school stands out as heroic. It is the inspiring background from which two amazing young men have emerged. Their story underlines the enormous value of providing kids everywhere with the right equipment, the right accommodation and the right to an equal chance. read more...
Three little Cape Town junior schoolgirls emerged as the winners out of 31 finalists in the annual Library Information Services District 4 reading competition for which residential development company Garden Cities provided the prizes. read more...