A KZN private company has donated PPE worth R500 000 to schools across the province.
The donation from North Safety Products was received by KZN Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu on Monday.
And parents welcomed the donation with warm hands because it means provincial school will have more PPE to tackle Covid-19.
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MEC Mshengu said the company manufactures PPE locally.
“This came in handy as the education department is already under pressure in terms of procurement of PPE. We will distribute them at schools across KZN,” he said.
Mshengu said each school needs to have extra masks kept at school in case a pupil comes to school without a mask.
“Then that pupil will not be sent back home but will be given the mask,” he said.
Parent Nomkhosi Makhathini (37) said she believes that having extra masks at school is a great idea.
“Some pupils are still young and they will forget their masks at home, or even lose them while at school. So as a parent I won’t worry because the child will be given a mask at school,” she said.
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Another parent, Lungile Khanyile (36), said she is happy that there are companies that think about their children.
“Masks are expensive and some of us can’t afford to buy them. I’m happy that my child will be given a mask at school and she will be safe from being infected with Covid-19,” she said.
