After a gruelling year of fundraising events, Selborne College and the larger East London community were able to surpass their goal for pupil Ubuko Mpotulo and raise more than R600,000 towards his mechanical hand. The story of Ubuko has been followed by many. At only three years old he contracted viral meningitis and lost both legs and several fingers.
The Selborne College community continues to increase its efforts to raise funds for one of its own, with the isiXhosa Society donating R40,000 towards buying prosthetic legs and hands for grade 8 pupil Ubuko Mpotulo.