New equipment for créche

LEPHALALE – Eskom’s Medupi Power Station handed over the landscaping, water purification system and jungle gym works to NST Majadibodu Créche in Mokuruanyane Village last Wednesday.
To date, R2 389 958.44 has been invested on the infrastructure development for NST Majadibodu Créche by Eskom (R2, 2 million) and Impulse International (R195 105.44). The créche has increased enrolment to 100 learners in a nurturing learning environment.
Eskom contracted Pelafalo Greening, local SMME based at Maletswai Village, to design and install an Arid Soft Landscape which requires low maintenance and very little water.
Eskom invested a total of R94 853 in the landscaping works that included refurbishing the play area, constructing the swings and seesaws, replacing sand in the sandpits and play areas with clean river sand, planting of grass near trees as well as laying of vegetable and herb garden to assist the créche to be self-sufficient.
The contract enabled Pelafalo Greening to provide ten short-term jobs to local residents.
Impulse International, a sub-contractor of Eskom Medupi execution partner Parsons Brinckerhoff, donated the water treatment unit and the jungle gym. The purification unit uses its own solar system to produce 3-5kWh per day, which in turn is used to produce 4000 litres of purified water per day.
The water quality study that Impulse International conducted indicated that the quality of water was poor with nitrate and fluoride levels not optimal for young children. Impulse International ensured provision of clean and healthy drinking water as well as the jungle gym.