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Arbor Week Events
We planted 200 saplings at six special needs schools during Arbor Week. A lot of careful thought went into the selection of trees – and it won’t be long before the indigenous and fruit trees we planted will be feeding insects birds and humans.
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This could be you!
A game drive through the Kruger National Park at night accompanied by a full moon and the deep roar of a lion are just a few of the memories partially sighted and deaf children took away from our the camp. But we want you to experience it too!
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Thank Yous
Eco-Access friends have been hard at work from raising funds on Casual Day to helping create positive attitudes about people with disabilities and providing disabled children with gardening tools.
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Teacher Training on Environmental Education
Teachers from Ezibeleni and Zimeleni schools attended four workshops.
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Volunteer Training Camp
Andre Manders from the SANCB lead a session on interacting with people who are blind and partially sighted and Amy Molefe one of our star volunteers lead a session on Braille.
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Twinning Camp
Fabulous interactions took place at a twinning camp at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve where learners taught each other to bead -- and to garden!
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Meeting Dr Goodall
We don’t mean to name drop but the chimp scientist Dr Jane Goodall herself has been dropping our name.
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Double dose of action
A volunteer training camp set the scene for an emotional parting of the ways between legendary mountain climber Bernie Goosen and his trusty wheelchair.
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Bernie Goosen – a “Wheelchair Gift” from Kilimanjaro
One of the weekend’s highlights was when South African Bernie Goose handed over his wheelchair to Eco-Access
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Expansion of Green Schools Growth
The Adelaide Tambo School in Soweto is the latest sapling to be adopted by our Green School project … and greenhouse tunnels and irrigation will make gardening easier at our older Schools.
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Green school
The wheelchair-accessible greenhouse tunnels at Ezilbeleni School are a step closer to reality.
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Puzzled!
The digital puzzle on our web page www.eco-access.org has not been as fast-moving as we were hoping for – but we aren’t giving up!
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Thank You’s
One of our volunteers Marloes Reinink handed over a cheque of R6000.
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Universal Design
A poem by volunteer Enoch Malembenkomo.
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