Karen Eybers is a farmer's wife, a mother and a teacher at the local school in Rietbron in the Karoo. This story starts in August 2021.
Rietbron comprises many low-inome families with socio-economic challenges, hence the quantile three school (non-fee-paying school). Drug and alcohol abuse is high, and this affects the children directly as discipline is lacking at home, and this spills over into the schools. In fact, the whole situation seems hopeless.
Karen mentioned that when you see children aged 10 to 14 smoking dagga, it keeps you awake at night. She prayed
