The Assumption Grammar Sponsored Walk is the main fundraising event of our school year, the proceeds of which go directly to assist the mission work of our Sisters in South Africa. We remain aware of the ever pressing needs of the many displaced people in the southern part of Africa. The Sisters continue to respond to the demands placed on them in challenging situations and they assure us that our efforts make such a great difference to their work of improving the quality of life for so many people.

The Sponsored Walk is one real way in which our school community lives out an important part of our own mission: Pupils are encouraged to be aware of the needs of the worldand to see what is called for from them to make it a better and happier place for others. (Fully Alive) Indeed, we remain thankful to our Trustees, the Missionary Sisters of Assumption, for developing and embedding this great awareness in us.

Funds raised from this years walk will go towards the Sisters work in the Enkuthazweni Special Needs Centre which is based in the small coastal town of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Enkuthazweni assists children and young adults, who are excluded and vulnerable due to their intellectual disability, to reach their full potential through the provision of cradle to career services including special needs education, physical therapy and skills training all of which are geared towards equipping them to develop greater independence within their family and community context.