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South Africa campus donates to education centre

17 August 2005  

Monash South Africa has donated two computers to the Munsieville Adult Education and Training Centre as part of a community outreach program.

Ms Audrey Mutambiranwa with Mr Jefferey Rasimphi at the computer donation.

The centre had no computers previously and the two donated are to be used for administration.

Monash South Africa corporate affairs manager Ms Audrey Mutambiranwa said Monash would provide computer literacy training to two of the centre's staff members. These staff could then pass their skills on to others, she said.

Centre supervisor Mr Jefferey Rasimphi said the computers would make a huge difference, allowing the centre to better communicate with the South African Department of Education on details of its students.

Established in 1994, the centre operates from the Thutolefa Senior Secondary School in Munsieville near Krugersdorp.

It has 323 students and 27 educators, whose salaries are paid by the Department of Education. The majority of the students were deprived of the right to learn as children, often because their families were too poor to afford school fees.