Rama Good Breakfast Programme rewards top Eastern Cape schools
TWO Eastern Cape primary schools were each rewarded with gifts to the value of R15 000 for their outstanding participation and engagement in the Rama Good Breakfast Schools Programme, which launched in 360 schools across the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in 2017.
To stand a chance to win one of ten gifts valued at R15 000, the schools had to submit Good Breakfast Diaries that were completed by the learners. Teachers also had to send photo and video report back information to show how they completed the Programme each week in the classroom.
The cash prizes will be used to purchase kitchen equipment to ensure the learners receive a nutritious breakfast every day at school, so that they can improve their concentration and overall performance. All participating schools were also rewarded with a fridge for their kitchens.
Rama social mission brand manager at Unilever South Africa, Sasha Sathianathan said: “We are very pleased with the way that the schools and teachers have gotten behind the programme and have really committed their time and energy to make it work.”
“This is why we felt the need to reward those schools who really went the extra mile to ensure the lessons were really valuable to the learners.”
The top performing schools that will receive a gift valued at R15 000 are:
● Mnxesha Senior Primary School Dimbaza, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape; and
● Ekuphumuleni Primary School, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape.
In 2017, Unilever commissioned a scientific white paper seeking to clarify the value of habitually eating a nutritious breakfast, in relation to the growth and development of children in South Africa. Studies compiled in the scientific white paper, revealed that school age children who regularly skip breakfast are less likely to concentrate in class, thus affecting school performance.
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