I’m Handing Over My Keys – Not My Supporters’ Card
By Pieter Twine, General Manager: MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet
Pieter Twine, GM at MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, will be retiring on 29 February. On his parting, he has put together an opinion piece about the impact of the MySchool program since its inception in 1997 (including having raised over R1 billion for more than 8,500 schools and NGO beneficiaries in South Africa).
As I prepare to retire from my role as General Manager of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet program, the genesis of which is in a program that was established in 1997, I can’t help but be amazed at the impact we as a team have been able to make in everyday South Africans’ lives over the last 27 years.
MySchool was started as a solution to help parents raise funds more easily and sustainably for schools and such was its p...