EXXARO
CHAMPIONS

QUALITY EDUCATION

Exxaro believes that education is key to making lives better for our children and creating a sustainable impact in our mining communities. The United Nations (UN) agrees. “Provide quality education and lifelong learning” is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Exxaro proudly endorses the UN SDGs and has made sure that education is a key part of Exxaro’s broader corporate social responsibility strategy, while driving its purpose to “power better lives in Africa and beyond.”

HERE ARE SOME OF THE
WAYS EXXARO HAS BEEN
SUPPORTING EDUCATION:

Connecting schools to the digital age

Exxaro embarked in the digital transformation of schools within host communities by connecting schools to WiFi. Two of the seven selected schools in Lephalale (Nelsonskop Primary School and Phegelelo High School) have been connected.

A further 72 schools will be connected by June 2022 this will amount to the value of R22 266 547.
In Nkangala, 16 schools will be connected by June 2022 to the value of R5 898 570.

Edumap bridging programme

Exxaro selected ten learners from various areas of operation to help improve their Mathematics and Science marks, to the value of R1 290 000.

School infrastructure

Exxaro has committed to building four classrooms, two toilets each for girls and boys and a school hall at Nelsonskop Primary School in Lephalale, to the value of R8.1million. The school hall will be large enough to accommodate 1 500 learners and be utilised for parents’ meetings.

In June 2021, Exxaro completed construction on two classroom blocks to the value of R5.6 million at Arnort Primary.

Exxaro also donated:

220 pairs of shoes to Nkangala primary schools.
Food parcels to 370 disadvantaged learners at seven schools around Pretoria, as part of Mandela Day. Seedlings were also donated to all seven schools.
R15 000 for environmental integration education in ECDs (ATLEHA in Tembisa).
R455 317 to the Luvuyo ECD centre in Mamelodi to buy a vehicle for their mobile toy library that will benefit the surrounding centres.

HOW ARE THE
BUSINESS UNITS
SUPPORTING EDUCATION?

Belfast Digital and Connected Mine hands over 226 pairs of school shoes to primary schools

Belfast Digital and Connected Mine  helped kick off the 2022 school year with more shoes and smiles. On 27 January 2022, Belfast donated over 226 pairs of school shoes to five primary schools from the Emakhazeni Circuit, in support of Nkangala District Municipality’s “1 Million School Shoes” Project.

“It is of great pain to see children wearing torn shoes, or shoes they should be wearing at home to school. We continue to confront such challenges is restoring focus to the learners and the education system,” said, Londolani Rampfumedzi, Belfast Coal Business Unit Manager.

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