Agra Boosts Môreson School Garden Project With N$60 000

Agra handed over a sponsorship of N$60 000 towards the gardening project of the Môreson Special School.

The sponsorship entails credit at Agra Hyper of N$20 000 per year for the next three years to purchase the inputs for their agricultural and gardening project.

This investment in development of the agricultural and gardening skills of tomorrow’s generation forms part of Agra’s corporate social involvement. The Môreson Special School is situated in Khomasdal and is close to the new development of Agra, the Agra Hyper Centre, in the Lafrenz Industrial Area.

With every large investment Agra makes, they identify a beneficiary project close to that development as part of giving back to the community in which Agra does business.

The Môreson Special School primarily focuses on providing education to intellectually impaired children and accommodates 130 pupils between the ages of six and 18 from all over Namibia with a hostel accommodating about 55 pupils. Practical activities make up an important part of the school’s curriculum in order to equip pupils with skills that will enable them to enter the job market after school or to help them take care of themselves and their families.

The school aims to expand their agricultural activities with gardens and the keeping of livestock in order to teach pupils the important practical skills needed to provide food. Since Agra’s first visit to evaluate the school as a possible beneficiary, a lot has been done to establish gardens to beautify the school yard.

Agra’s contribution will enable them to carry out their plans to “start a little farm with an orchard, vegetable garden and animals”, as principal Anita Kreft shared with the Agra representatives.

“Some of the pupils are already skilled to such an extent that they teach other pupils how to make compost, plant trees and other plants correctly, showing that professional practical teaching pays off.” – Agra