Rapper and entrepreneur Cassper Nyovest gives back to his primary school. The North West Province has an urgent need for clean drinking water. The Quinton van der Burgh Foundation (QVDB Foundation) and rapper Cassper Nyovest have responded to this need.
Sol Plaatje Primary School in Mahikeng, the alma mater of Cassper, is now able to provide its 1357 children and 47 teachers with clean drinking water as a result of their work.
The school received a R260 000 borehole and well sponsorship from the QVDB Foundation and the South African rapper and music mogul.
“We don’t need you to worry about access to water. We need you to worry about what you’re going to become, a famous rapper like Cassper, the next President or running big companies,” said Quinton van der Burgh, founder and president of the QVDB Foundation speaking at the launch and ribbon cutting of the borehole and well at Sol Plaatje Primary School.
According to studies, 33% and 19%, respectively, of South Africa’s rural population do not have basic sanitary facilities and access to a reliable water supply. Although rural residents are the most affected, approximately 26% of all schools, whether urban or rural, and 45% of clinics lack access to water.
Water availability is such a basic necessity, yet so many people struggle with it. This is not acceptable,” stated van der Burgh.
Van der Burgh is no stranger to the subject as the president of Generosity Water Global, a nonprofit with a global reach. He has helped supply clean drinking water to thousands of people in impoverished nations.
It will require the act of giving, he remarked, “to change South Africa.”
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