AECI Eco-Schools Water Education Project 2020 - Modderfontein

AECI Eco-Schools Water Education Project Narrative report

The 3-year journey of the AECI Eco-Schools project in Modderfontein started in 2017. Ten schools in the Ekurhuleni district were chosen with assistance from the Department of Basic Education officials and the AECI team as an effort to uplift the communities around AECI’s area of operations in Gauteng.

The 10 AECI Eco-Schools attended a workshop where they were introduced to the six AECI Eco-Schools themes (Waste, Sanitation, Climate Change, School Grounds, Health & Wellbeing and Water) specifically aligned with the needs of the schools and the communities in a pre-assessment generated by WESSA and AECI . At this workshop, the teachers agreed that their social and environmental issues and risks are linked to these six themes and they all unanimously selected the Waste and Health & Wellbeing (food gardens) theme to start their AECI Eco-Schools 3-year journey.

The AECI Eco-Schools Modderfontein Projects was designed to respond to:

AECI Good Business Practice

Focus on Education

Specifically address

Eco-Schools

Transformed schools and communities

• Adhere to BBBEE codes • Responsible social upliftment and community development • Positive impact on

Environment Education for Sustainable Development.

• Water issues in communities • Pollution in communities • Climate Change mitigation and adaptation.

with sustainable practices which contribute to the SDGs.

the environment and communities in which the company conducts its business: Modderfontein and Chloorkop.

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