We travel about 30 minutes west towards the coast and onto our next school of the day Masakhane.
The teams arrive and start to unload the vehicles with the help of the pupils.
The school is a relatively large one with 14 teachers and 513 pupils. The weather has totally changed en route, its baking hot and the clouds have disappeared.
As we enter into the classroom its apparent that most of the 513 pupils are here today, the place is packed to the rafters!
Before proceedings take place the pupils sing the national anthem.
Some of the pupils show much to the delight of the gathered crowd that their reading skills are improving with every day.
Brand presents the Rally's pledge of support.
The pupils jostle for space at the back of the room as Brand the rally's ambassador explains what equipment has been delivered. He also has the help of an impromptu interpretor who speaks to the group in Zulu. Not sure if it was a word for word translation but it seemed to go down well with the crowd.
As we leave our second school of the day there's time for some interaction with the pupils and a chance for Denise and Amanda to read to the children from one of the new books delivered.
Phil from McCarthy joins in some skipping much to the pupils delight.
We head back to our vehicles and bid good bye to this very friendly and welcoming school.
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