Mr Paul Woolf discussing the way forward with Lavender HillHigh principal Faseeg Manie. Paul Woolf, Group CEO of the international Virgin Active corporation, visited Lavender Hill High School’s Mass participation; Opportunity and access; Development and growth (MOD) Centre gym on 22 January 2014. The aim of the visit was to encourage learners to live a healthy lifestyle and make use of the facilities provided. Woolf said: “Since taking up my role, visiting our Future Crew project in Lavender Hill has been one of my highlights. It was so inspiring to spend time with the students and teachers, to see the pride in their school and achievements, and to hear first-hand
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Former Springbok rugby player Ashwin Willemse, who started a foundation to raise money for takkies for underprivileged children, said that having worked in poor communities such as Manenberg and Lavender Hill has made him understand their needs better.Willemse was speaking at a fundraising event for the Green Smile Foundation in Cape Town. The event was also attended by the former SA coach Peter de Villiers, Western Province coach Alistair Coetzee, former Springboks James Dalton and Bolla Conradie, and injured Bok wing Bryan Habana. SPORT forms a central part of activities offered at LHSS. A number of learners have achieved provincial
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Via SA Good News. When Faseeg Manie, the principal of Lavender Hill Senior School in the heart of gangland, walks into the school hall –you can hear a pin drop. He commands a respect which could only have been earned the hard way in an environment where the ubiquitous fear, violence, drugs, gang lords and crime have made it the cradle of despondency. Manie made a decision to transform the school after a visit by Mark Shuttleworth shortly after he returned from his first space trip. Shuttleworth, on a roadshow to schools, spoke of goals and dreams and visions. Manie’s
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