Profile - Social Activities

Coachman’s Social and Economic Development 2013 We at Coachman take our social responsibility very seriously. We believe that educating our youth will open new worlds and possibilities for them and, in the long term, contribute to a successful and capable nation by empowering them with knowledge from a young age. With this vision in mind, we hope that they will strive to build a better South Africa and give back to the community by creating jobs for everyone. On the 23rd of April 2013, a highly motivated team from Coachman visited Drake Konka Primary School in Ivory Park, Midrand, and donated reading books for the students as well as exercise books for the teachers. With guidance from the school principal, we were able to identify the areas which would benefit the most from this donation. At the moment, the school library is too small to accommodate all the students and, in the future, the school aims to have a mini library for each of the Grade 1 to Grade 3 classes. In this way, the students would have easy access to the books. We hope that Coachman’s contribution will encourage the students to begin reading at an early age and nurture a life-long love for the written word. As mentioned, we also donated workbooks for the teachers as we understand how hard it is to cope with the workload they have today. We hope that these books will assist them in delivering quality education to the learners. We also supplied a few new books to the school’s existing library. We hope that the students will enjoy reading all the new stories and be encouraged to write their own! In each book Coachman pasted a little note with the following inspiring message: Discover a new world through reading! This book was sponsored by Coachman as part of their Social and Economic Development Initiative in February 2013. Just as you are able to discover a fantasy world through reading, you can also explore South Africa with a Coachman coach! A child learns to dream when their minds are nurtured by the magical, fantasy world found in books. We hope their dreams will continue to grow and that, one day, they will be able to give back to the community and continue to create jobs for all. Hopefully, they will also be inspired to explore South Africa and become ambassadors for our beautiful country. Regards Sonja le Roux Coachman