Last Thursday night was a night I'd consider a highlight in my life. Not only did I shake the hand of the Honourable MEC of Education for KZN, Mrs Ina Cronje, I also got a photo taken with her. She truly is an amazing, and down-to-earth person who is willing to do anything for the community. Mrs Cronje is part of the solution of this country and the work she's done to promote and uplift the education sector in our beautiful province is astounding. Mrs Cronje came down to Amatikulu Primary School for the opening of their newly-built Administration Block. It's a small-ish building and when you think about it at first, you ask yourself, why would the school ask such a person as Mrs Cronje to open an admin block? As the night grew darker, I discovered the ceremony (which was really, really amazing by the way), wasn't just about the opening of a new block, it was about celebration. You see the admin block was completely funded by the community and surrounding community. Not a single cent came from the any goverment sources. So this was to celebrate a feat that people who care about the future of children in this country had undertaken and completed. It was no easy task either. The building cost came to R97 000. My uncle, GD (Ashok) Singh, is the principal of Amatikulu Primary School, and building the new block was an initiative that I believe only a person of his stature and motivation could have completed. Well done, Ashok poopa! Later on in the ceremony, plans of an additional two classrooms, a bigger library, and a comptuer/media room were discussed. This lead to people from the audience pledging amounts of cash and kind towards the building of these new structures. I pledged too. I pledged a website and hosting for the school worth R5000. It would probably cost me a bit on the hosting, and only time to do the website, but I felt proud to be part of a solution.