In the past, farm schools were marginalised. Presently the department is doing something in terms of meeting the needs of those farm schools; viz: Many programmes are specifically servicing those farm schools, many donors and non-governmental organisations, in conjunction with the department, have programmes targeting those farm schools, and good work is in progress in the majority of those schools. The department has received a positive response from donors like Vusisizwe Trust and Micro Projects which have donated most of the schools that have been built in the farming areas. The help from all these donors is assisting the department to make meaningful investments in the upliftment of the impoverished communities of the Eastern Cape province and the donations are regarded as a truly humane effort to improve the impoverished communities.