During the month of March 2021, Women Lead Movement collaborated with Brand South Africa, Change Agents South Africa and FEDSAS to implement the Rural Schools Outreach. The programme was aimed at distributing Solar Powered Backpacks (including stationery and other essentials) to previously disadvantaged learners in the rural Western Cape schools situated in the Langeberg Municipality where the learners walk between 5km-10km a day order to get to the school bus. The Solar powered backpacks will convert the learners’ 5km-10km daily trip/walk into electricity and this can be used to power portable electronic appliances when they get home. We identified 20x learners from WA Rossouw Primary and Ashton Senior Secondary who are currently in Grade 8 and 9.
