Hillwood Primary gets new computer lab

Hillwood Primary School in Lavender Hill has opened a new computer lab equipped with 36 computers and interactive whiteboards, following a fundraising campaign that raised R200 441.

- ERIN CARELSE

The campaign, Murray for Mountains, was launched in memory of Murray Carlyle, who had previously raised more than R160 000 for the school on behalf of Fella's Army.

He died in September last year after suffering a heart attack while hiking Table Mountain.

Fella's Army is a group of friends and family of Ian 'Fella' Macdonald, who died in a car accident in 2018.

The group continues its legacy of supporting Hillwood Primary and other community projects.

Mr Macdonald had worked with principal Gavin Alkana through the Partners for Possibility programme, which pairs business leaders with school principals to help strengthen schools.

Murray's brother, Rob Carlyle, said fundraising for the school had long been close to his heart.

"Murray used to raise funds for the school by doing a push-up challenge, which he got a whole bunch of people to do and get sponsored for," he said.

"We then donated that to the school for a couple of years."