WESSA Glencore report 2022

Hlalanikahle Primary School

CASE STORY

SUSTAINABILITY AND THE FUTURE This year they aim to find more sustainable ways of using scarce natural resources like water. This will ensure that water is not wasted and is available for future generations to come. The school’s Eco code focuses on starting a vegetable garden for learner benefit within the school and these skills can be taken back into the community to improve family livelihoods.

eMalahleni

PROJECTS Hlalanikahle Primary School is a public primary school located in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. It was built in the seventies and most of the learners are from informal settlements where most parents are unemployed. The schools Eco committee comprises of the learners from the school and Mashinini A.C.M oversees the project. The school focuses on three of the Eco School project themes, Health & Wellbeing, Waste, Biodiversity and Nature. Hlalanikahle Primary has a thriving food garden which focuses on food sustainability, and they have also implemented recycling, waste sorting and reusing of waste materials They have used plastic bottles to make Eco-bricks as a response to containing plastic pollution which is a huge threat to our environment. Eco-bricks help reduce the amount of plastic waste found in the school and the community of Ackerville. Learners have been fortunate to visit Ezemvelo Nature Reserve to learn more about nature, wildlife, and the various symbiotic relationships.

Working in the biodiversity garden

This in turn will help eradicate poverty and crime. Communities will become more independent and resilient while ensuring a greener and more sustainable community for everyone. Learners have a deeper understanding of how to look after the environment, adverse effects of climate change and what they can do to limit their

waste and other practices that contribute to this phenomenon This is all done while linking theory classroom learning with practical outdoor learning

Eco-Schools award

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