Old and unwanted electronic devices were collected from around the region during the shredding and recycling event. The items were assessed, cleaned, and refurbished by the recycling association and then handed out to the Harbour of Hope Refugee Assistance Society, Victoria Women in Need Co-operative, Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness and the Bateman Foundation. “At Harbour of Hope, we have two high school student refugees that will be receiving a laptop each to help them in their studies,” said society president Noelle Mason. The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness will use the donation to help those in need with resume building and improving computer skills.
So he was grateful for the bag of basics, as well as for the lunch that was also provided by Khalsa Aid Canada on Tuesday a Sikh non-profit feeding the disadvantaged at a Christian street church. Tuesday was Vaisakhi, and April is Sikh Heritage Month, which is why a handful of young volunteers from the Victoria chapter of Khalsa Aid were inside the Mustard Seed, filling takeaway containers with midday meals for the long line of people who stretched down Queens Avenue. Plenty of others from the group wanted to pitch in, too, but COVID protocols limited the numbers on site.
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Ntsika Principal Madeleine Schoeman and school clerk Nceba Bikitsha examine the school s matric results on Tuesday 23 February. The school had an 85% pass rate with 46 Bachelor passes. Photo: Sue Maclennan Makhanda Matrics reach dizzy heights
By ASHLEY WESTAWAY
Makhanda schools have bounced back from the disappointing results of 2019 in style and in the process recorded a collective pass rate of 80% for the first time in the city’s history. Whereas both the national and provincial pass rates declined significantly, the city bucked this trend to post an improvement of just over 4 percentage points. To be specific, the national pass rate declined from 81% in 2019 to 76% in 2020 (5 percentage points) and the Eastern Cape from 77% to 68% (9 percentage points), but Makhanda improved from 76% to 80%. This is a remarkable achievement in many respects. For example: