KES shows it cares for poor

»» They’re privileged and know it and the drive is to pay back to the needy community.

- Tan Hughes

• SCHOOL RUGBY PLAYERS PREPARE VEG GARDEN

This is an initiative which fully restores one's tenuous belief in the fundamentally decent nature of our wayward youth. An initiative which sees young men, school leavers, matriculants -all of 17 to 18 years of age-surrender precious free time to improve the lives of the less fortunate.

And, remarkably, these young men are drawn from the privileged ranks of top Johannesburg boys' school King Edward VII in Houghton. But more than that, these youngsters are all first-team rugby players in a school renowned for its rugby history and consistent success.

And allied with this burden of expectation and hope to succeed on the rugby field is the personal and family imperative of matric success. Nevertheless, and despite these heavy responsibilities, these young men have chosen to help, in this final critically important year of their school lives, to improve the lives of the inmates of the Johannesburg Children's Home.

And to do so by doubling the quality and quantity of the home's meagre output of vital greens, vegetables and other foodstuffs, and upgrading the garden equipment.