Gelukskinders Foundation

The playgrounds are being used very well.
Promosa School and Sarafinapark are in need of new sand. The surrounding areas of the swings and the Merry Go Rounds show deep pits. They need to be filled. In Sarafinapark it’s measured.
The pit around the Merry Go Round is 40cm deep! (1ft,4 inch)
The following picture is from 2016 ( Sarafina park) Even then you could see the pit forming.

Tshupane School ( the fourth new playground this year) has also been visited. They were over the moon with the great news that they will have their playground this year.
Marc will keep on inspecting existing playgrounds, and visit possible new sites in the upcoming weeks. No need to mention a lot of talking is involved.
Within the next two weeks Marc will inform you and come with new pictures. He will inform you regularly.

SUNDAY 6 JANUARY 2019 goes Amira to omroep Gelderland
She wil speak about her Gelukskinders .
Programm: Zin in zondag from 9 to 10.
Later on there will be a you tube video.

What four? How four?.. Absolutely certain four playgrounds will be build, next year.

We are superproud of all fans, who have donated, or helped in other forms, to complete this target.

We can already see the happy, shiny eyes of the children.

Next January we will start working, on the spot. Making contacts, appointments, and execute plans.

Three months will be too short to realise all of it. But we will try very hard and for you fans, donators, there will be loads and loads of pictures and some clips to be seen.

Special donation to help Amira build her 4 th playground.

Help complete this picture. Each donation ads to the picture. Picture complete

playground complete

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Amira’s birthday calendar is ready.

Amira  choose the pics herself.

Attention limeted edition.

It may not be clear to all how the playgrounds are numbered by us.

Therefore a little enumeration, with the date of placement.

Nr.1 Amira park public playground, 2014——1500 children

Nr.2 Lesego Primary School. 2015– 1200 children

Nr.3 Sarafina public playground. 2016– 2500 children

Nr.4 Promosa Primary School. 2017— 1400 children

Nr.5 Lesego Primary pre-School playground  2018– 150 children

Nr.6 Promosa Primary School blackboards and playground for 7 and 8 year olds. 2018– 400 children.

And if everything goes the way it’s planned.

Nr.7 Laula Fourie School playground for the lower grades and pre-school. 2019– 70 children

Nr.8 Laula Fourie Primary School. 2019 – 150 children

Nr.9 Ikalafeng Special School. 2019– 400 children

And hopefully, fingers crossed,

Nr.10 Tshupane Primary School. 2019– 1300 children

Project 3 2019: Tshupane School Ikageng. Playground 10.

As most of you have heard, Amira spoke about the realisation of three playgrounds.
She actualy meant 3 projects.

About the first two projects the funds and the plans are there already stated on this page.
For this project we are still looking for the necessary funds.

An introduction:
The Tshupane School is a big school with 1300 children. At this moment they heve NO playground equipment at all, not even an old, rusty one. Children just wander around or play with sand and rocks.

All money the school gets is necessary to let the children eat, at least once a day. At their
home even a normal meal is not always possible.
The school lies in the middle of a huge township, Corrugated houses, wooden houses even
cardboard has been used.
When we drove through that township back in June, several of us had tears in our eyes.
This realy exist in 2018?

With this school we will start talking as of the beginning of next year (2019).
If possible this playground will also be build next year August. This way we hope we can bring a
little joy and smiles to the childrens faces.

Below two pictures of the houses where these children live.

The school needs the following equipment:
– 3 merry-go-rounds at the cost of 15.000 ZAR each
– 3 big slides at the cost of 3.500 ZAR each
– 3 small slides at the cost of 3.000 ZAR each
– 2 climbing equipment with small slides at the cost of 15.000 ZAR each
– 1 climbing airoplane at the cost of 15.000 ZAR
– 3 times 3 small swings at the cost of 3.00 ZAR each
– 5 times 3 big swings at the cost of 3.500 ZAR each
Total for this big playground is around 150.000 ZAR or 9.500 euro or around 11.000 USD.

It would be awesome if we could get this plaground up and running next year.
Next year is the celebration of 5 years gelukskinders.
What nicer gift is there for Amira?
At the celebration of 5 years gelukskinders, which will happen at the 1st of December 2019, we
might be able to celebrate 3 different things.
— 5 years gelukskinders
— 10 playgrounds
— 10.000 children playing in their own playground, thanks to Amira, her supporters, sponsors and
her foundation.
We will start soon with an action to realise just that, We call on everybody, who also have a good
feeling about Amira and her project, to contribute a little bit, or a little bit more.

Second project for 2019: IKALAFENG Playground 9

This is the second school that will have a playground next year.
Around 400 children can play here.

This playground will exist of:
– Twice 3 blackboards at the cost of 6.000 ZAR each.
– Twice big slides at the cost of 3.500 ZAR each
— Twice small slides at the cost of 3.000 ZAR each
— Twice 3 small swings total price 3.000 ZAR
— Twice 3 big swings total price 3.000 ZAR
— 4 lie-in-swings for the disabled pupils at the cost of 4500 ZAR each
— 1 Jungle Gym climbing airoplane at the cost of 15.000 ZAR
Totals around 70.000 ZAR that’s about 4.500 euro or 5.100 USD

Talks will still have to take place with the equipmentbuilder and the school for a possible sandpit at the cost of 15.000 ZAR, that’s around 1.000 euro or 1.200 USD.

The Ikalafeng school is an institution for disabled children between the age of 6 and 18.
There is also a small boarding school attached to it. Here the children stay that come from far or
who cannot be taken care of at home.
Also disabled children who are under juristiction of the Government are placed here, for a short
period of time.
This school is also supported by the NWU university of Potchefstroom.
At this very moment the school has 1 old rusty slide. Children line up to make use of it.
This is it:

For this playground funds are available. The funds were raised during this year (2018) and a little from the year before. This way the foundation could make arrangements with this school.
This playground will also be build in August 2019.

The new playground projects for 2019 Project nr 1

As already written we are certainly building 3 new playgrounds next year.
In 2 schools.

First school: Laula Fourie school (playground number 7 and 8)
The Laula Fourieschool will get 2 new playgrounds, one for the kids age 4 to 7 and the second for the bigger children.

These playgrounds will have the following equipment:
– The toddlers:
– New sandpit at the cost of 5.000 ZAR
– 3 blackboards at the cost of 5.000 ZAR
– 1 merry- go- round at the cost of 15.000 ZAR
– 2 small slides at the cost of 3.000 ZAR each
– Twice 3 swings at the total cost of 3.000 ZAR
– 1 Jungle Gym climbing airoplane, with slide at the cost of 15.000 ZAR
Total price will be around 46.000 to 50.000 ZAR, that’s around 3.000 Euro or 3.500 USD.

-The bigger children:
– 1 merry-go-round at the cost of 15.000 ZAR
– 2 big slides each costing 3.500 ZAR
– 3 times 3 big swings at the cost of 3.500 ZAR
– 1 big climbing frame at the cost of 7.500 ZAR
Total price will be around 40.000 ZAR, that’s around 2.500 Euro or 3.000 USD.

The Laula Fourie school is a school far from the city centre for very underprivilged children.
At first contact it turned out that the entire school only had 2 drinking mugs for all 200 children.
This was something to be dealt with immediately. Amira send us on our way to the shops to buy 100 metal mugs. She and those around her have spend an entire evening to decorate them with hearts and turtles.
The children get a warm meal in this school every day. Most likely the only meal they get, their
parents have almost next to nothing.
Therfor it is our goal, when these playgrounds are opened, to have a big party, with a hot meal. The childrens parents will be invited too. A sponsor has been found for this extra party.