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Follow on Google News | Agritech Outreach Programme has already started to transform school in Chisamba, ZambiaSome 546 students and 17 teachers at the Golden Valley Basic School in Chisamba, Zambia are already reaping the benefits of the recently launched Agritech Expo Outreach Programme.
By: Agritech Expo Outreach Programme Agritech Expo drew more than 11 700 visitors last month, including the country’s President Edgar Lungu, the Vice President, Mrs Inonge Wina, the Zambian and German agri ministers and many other dignitaries and agri experts. The event is owned by the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) and organised by Spintelligent, leading Cape Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser, and the African office of Clarion Events Ltd, based in the UK. Power instrument to reduce poverty David Ashdown is the Managing Director of Spintelligent: “A better place to study” The school’s teachers are overjoyed with the results. “A better place to study will have an impact on how our kids perform academically” The school’s headmistress Mrs Ritha agrees: “you are God sent to us, this story will be told to every generation that will seat on these benches, may God bless you and your company, you are good people.” Generous Agritech Expo sponsors To assist the Golden Valley Basic School with equipment and supplies, the Agritech Expo team has joined forces with another event that Spintelligent organises, namely the annual African EduWeek in Johannesburg. A school library, new furniture and equipment and a sustainable supply of learning materials and stationery are in the pipeline. Since the opening of the school in 1992, the self-sufficient farm school relies on its crops and the sale thereof to keep the institution running. Says David Ashdown: “with the donations of our Agritech Expo sponsors we will be able to assist the farm with maize seeds for the year, soil mapping, drip irrigation and vegetable seeds, machinery and manpower and grass seed for the football pitch”. The contributing companies include: • Maize seeds for the year - Seed Co. • Soil mapping for the farm - SGS • Drip irrigation & vegetable seeds - Amiran • Machinery & manpower - AFGRI • Grass seed for the football pitch - Klein Karoo • 1000 vegetable planting kits - Klein Karoo • Crop management tutoring - Klein Karoo Spintelligent’ Contact: Communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol Telephone: +27 21 700 3558 Mobile: +27 82 562 7844 Email: annemarie.roodbol@ End
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