AECI Eco-Schools Water Education Project 2020 - Modderfontein

Planned activities

Workshop: Cluster workshop for educators and groundsmen to plan projects for the year to start implementing

Support visit 1: Project monitoring and evaluation

Support visit 2: Completing audits and Eco-Codes

Planned

activities

An additional environmental project for the first year was the implementation of vertical gardens at each school.

Each school was provided with 3 wheelie bins for the collection of plastic, paper and cans to start recycling stations as a project.

Workshop was well attended, and projects related to waste and food security were conceptualised.

Waste & Food Security

Year 1:

The focus was on sanitation awareness as well as making the school’s ablution blocks more beautiful by placing signs up about health and hygiene. Tippy taps were installed close to the ablution blocks for learners to wash hands. Underneath each of the tippy taps, where the learners wash their hands, a bucket was placed to catch the water and the support staff then used this captured water to clean the ablution blocks after school each day.

All first visits were implemented. The monitoring and evaluation of the previous projects were identified to establish what worked and where we need to improve to help plan the new Eco- schools year.

The workshop was completed, and the schools chose water and sanitation as their second-year theme.

Year 2:

Water Conservation & Sanitation

We reflected on the previous two years’ progress. Teachers shared their best practice experiences. They brought along their results of the eco-audit and together we decided that the focus will be on climate change and school grounds. This gave an opportunity to co-develop two action projects for each of the schools to implement.

We visited the 10 schools to evaluate the implementation for the previous year. We learnt from the experiences and used this to improve implementation during the last year of implementation. We also used this information towards our exit strategy.

Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 schools were closed. A new COVID related strategy was conceptualised.

Year 3:

Climate Change & School Grounds

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