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Learners at this Limpopo school go hungry on rainy days

Meals are cooked outside at Boxahuku Primary in Vhembe East because the kitchen can no longer be used due to the stench from the school toilets

Volunteers have to cook meals for learners from Boxahuku Primary in Qaza village under a tree because the kitchen is next to foul smelling toilets. Photo: Keletso Mkhwanazi
When it rains, learners at Boxahuku Primary in Qaza village, Vhembe East, often go hungry. For many of the learners at this no-fee school, the food they get at school is often their only meal for that day.
The school’s new enviro toilets were built just metres away from the food preparation area. Due to the foul smell, the volunteers who cook the food, now prepare meals under a tree.
According to the school governing body (SGB), 600 learners benefit from the feeding scheme. But when it rains, the temporary cooking site…

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