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The Mandisi Tshingana Foundation has handed over a R60000 to a pupil after a video went viral showing him sitting empty-handed while the other students ate pie.
The Mandisi Tshingana Foundation says they wanted to bring dignity back to a family in George, in the Western Cape, whose child was humiliated on social media following a viral video.
It showed the child’s classmates at the Thembalethu Primary school enjoying pie day, while he shields his face from the camera. His parents were unable to afford the treat. The teacher who took the video has since been suspended.
The Foundation handed over R60 000 to the family, to be held in a trust to support the eight-year-old and his brother.
“We’ve got a role to protect children and the constitution is very clear, we must not degrade. We saw the child being degraded. We thought we should come and change the narrative. That’s why we exist. What brought us here is love. What drives us in this foundation is love. We have spoken to the parents, identified the needs, and discussed and reached an agreement. What we’ve done is set up a trust that will be administered,” says Foundation Spokesperson, Sibusiso Mpongwana.
Thembalethu Primary School | Teacher suspended for humiliating learner
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