He also indicated that through their "Sponsor-a-Bus" project over 6000 School Pupils over a period of six years from as far as Vanrhynsdorp ( 273km from Paarl) and Hawston (100 km from Paarl) , who would not otherwise been able to visit the Taal Museum and Monument, have experienced the trip thanks to the Museum's innovative "Sponsor-a-Bus" project. This project, he said, had been made possible through generous contributions from the National Department of Arts and Culture, the Drakenstein Municipality, the Cape Winelands District Municipality and Het Jan Marais Nasionale Fonds.