SA’s Salt River High School Receives Computer Lab from Alumni

The ‘Dream Lab’- a creative and inspirational space for pupils to thrive and achieve their dreams with tools like; coding, robotics, programming, virtual reality and computer engineering, was received by Salt River High School in Cape Town from its alumni Nadine Maselle, with the aid of the Facebook Community Leadership Program and the Dream Factory Foundation.

The alumni were nominated by the Dream factory Foundation and were last year selected alongside three others to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. The Facebook Community Leadership Program is an initiative that invests in people building communities with Facebook tools and platforms globally. The program seeks to address the needs that have been identified by community leaders. It then gives participants all over the world the support, tools, funding and the belief in themselves to best lead their communities.

Nadine Maselle was born in Thohoyandou, Vhufuli, and raised by her grandmother. She moved to Cape Town when she started high school and finished at age 17. She’s studying electrical engineering at Northlink College outside her town. She teaches math, science and computer skills to over 20 pupils in her former school. She also invested the $50,000 grant which she received from Facebook Community Leadership Program in her former school where she’s spearheading a gardening and recycling project with her school’s principal. Her skills in science, maths, and information technology were self-taught.

According to Nadine Maselle, she’s happy to give back to the school and the fact that Salt High School will be in possession of tools and resources that will breed the future of science, innovation, digital technology, and engineering. She said that she believes this lab will increase the success rate in the school.

Anna Bofa, Head of Community Partnerships, Global Programs at Facebook said it’s a thing of pleasure to partner with a community leader through Nadine’s commitment, enthusiasm, and vision to change things in her community. She commends Nadine’s energy and calls it inspirational.