Sid Patel gifted every student at Kāwhia School a brand new laptop. He is pictured with, from left, Te Raukura Marshall, Ngarongoa Marshall and Ty'Rece Marshall. Photo / Supplied.
Kāwhia School recently celebrated its students' achievements with their annual end-of-year prizegiving at the Kāwhia Community Centre.
During the prizegiving, local businessman Sid Patel once again surprised the principal, parents and children by presenting every Kāwhia School student with their very own laptop.
This continues his generosity of giving to
the children at every prizegiving over a number of years, one year he gave them all new bikes.
He tricked everyone by first presenting a paper bag of goodies. He then announced that the children had to give the bag to someone else in the audience to teach them the act of giving and paying forward before they received their laptop.
He shared that his motivation comes from himself being dyslexic and never receiving a prize when he went to school.
