ECOGUIDESPROGRAMME PROGRAMME ECOGUIDES MONTHLY REPORT MONTHLY REPORT
APRIL 2015 JUNE 2015
1. INTRODUCTION 2. HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE 3. OBJECTIVES FOR JUNE 4. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE NGO’S IN JUNE 5. CHALLENGES FACED BY NGO’S IN JUNE 6. CHALLENGES IN JUNE
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1. INTRODUCTION
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he City of Johannesburg, through the Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), has embarked on a programme to create environmental management stewardship within the CoJ’s area of jurisdiction. The sole purpose being to uphold the principles of environmental management within communities and implementation of programmes to ensure sustainable use of natural resources, adaptation to climate change conditions and create environmental awareness amongst community members.
mate change and its impact on the environment. Go Green and Clean Ecoguides in Eldorado Park held a clean-up campaign where they invited eco-guides from other areas along with stakeholders like Eldos FM. All the eco-guides joined together and exhibited what they have accomplished these past months at the Constitutional Hill for the Green Festival.
Waste management is also at the core of the expected activities and awareness raising campaigns amongst beneficiary communities. June 2015, as it was the last month of the project, saw eco-guides continue their purpose as NGO’s, with the help of the service provider Green Borders saw this programme continued to being implemented for only the first two weeks of June. In June eco-guides continued to play a role to educate residents on waste management. They informed residents on energy consumption, cli-
2. HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE • • • • • •
Go Green and Clean hosted a cleaning campaign where they invited different stakeholders. Ukhamba along with other eco-guides exhibited their work and taught schools children the importance of being environmentally wise at the Constitutional Hill. The Eco-Guides from Green Beings trained their new Climate Proofing team on door to door education. Eco Clubs continued in different schools in Cosmo City. For environmental and educational purposes and for residents to realise the importance of wetlands and river streams, eco-guides from Riendzo continued to teach. Riendzo eco-guides continued to tend to their food garden at the back of their offices.
Eco-guides from Green Beings in Cosmo City trained a new climate proofing team on door to door education which covered illegal dumping, reasons for sewage leaks, climate change and about the conservation area. This report will speak about all the activities eco-guides from different NGO’s embarked in the first two weeks of June.
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3. OBJECTIVES FOR JUNE
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he objective of the programme for the month of June even though it was the end of the project, was to continue to create awareness in communities. Another objective was making sure that eco-guides reiterate and teach communities what they learned in the camp in January. Focus was put in the exhibition at the Constitutional Hill an initiative by Ukhamba and other NGOs. Go Green and Clean hosted a clean –up campaign where they invited other stakeholders. Balusi Development, attended an exhibition at the Naserec Expo Centre.
4. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY NGO’S IN MAY GREEN BEINGS
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Training Setting up vegtable tunnels Setting up compost structures Teams unite to have fun
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Preparing C.O.J. Eco guides Exhibition stand at Constittion Hill City of Johannesburg Green festival June 2015 exhibition/Expo Go Green and Clean invited C.O.J. Eco guides to Clean up Eldos day Cleaning up of a Dumping Hot spot
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Tree pruning Planting at each school Environmental week competition
Go Green and Clean invited C.O.J. Eco guides to Clean up Eldos day
Orange Farm Eco Guides Report
SHOMANG SEBENZANI DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
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Educational Awareness Campaign
RIENDZO DEVELOPMENT NPC
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Waste Management Workshop Testing environmental education via ICT skills
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GREEN BEING
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co-guides from Green Beings in Cosmo City trained a new climate proofing team on door to door education which covered illegal dumping, reasons for sewage leaks, climate change and about the conservation area. Smaller groups are formed in order to give the Climate Proofing member a more individual teaching experience. Trained their new Climate Proofing team on indigenous trees/ plants, alien invasive trees/ plants and soil erosion. Three Vegetable tunnels were erected at schools in Cosmo City from their donation from Red Hill. The Eco-guides taught others how to raised beds, irrigation and companion planting.
Training
The Eco-Guides training our new Climate Proofing team on door to door education. Covering illegal dumping, reasons for sewage leaks, climate change and about the conservation area.
Smaller groups are formed in order to give the Climate Proofing member a more individual teaching experience.
ECOGUIDES PROGRAMME | MONTHLY REPORT | JUNE 2015
GREEN BEING Training our new Climate Proofing team on indigenous trees/plants, alien invasive trees/ plants and soil erosion.
Setting up vegtable tunnels
Three Vegetable tunnels were erected at schools in Cosmo City, donated by Red Hill
The Eco-guides teaching about raised beds, irrigation and companion planting.
ECOGUIDES PROGRAMME | MONTHLY REPORT | JUNE 2015
GREEN BEING Setting up compost structures
Two compost structures were erected at schools in Cosmo City, donated by Red Hill
Training the Climate Proofing team oncompost and the importance of air, greens, browns, water and organisms within a compost structure.
Teams unite to have FUN
Green Beings united all the teams (Conservation, Eco-guides and Climate Proofing) to have fun.
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GREEN BEING Tree pruning
The Eco-guides guiding the other teams on how to prune a tree and educating on the importance of pruning.
Planting at each of the schools
Grow Wild Indigenous nursery donated over 300 plants which we split up and planted at seven schools in Cosmo City.
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GREEN BEING
Environment week competition
Stationery and board games were handed out to participants and winners for their efforts
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UKHAMBA
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khamba along with other ecoguides exhibited their work and taught schools children the importance of being environmentally wise at the Constitutional Hill. Attended and helped Go Green and Clean with their cleaning campaign. After they helped Go Green and Clean, they were inspired to also clean and illegal dumping hotspot.
Preparing C.O.J. Eco guides Exhibition stand at Constittion Hill City of Johannesburg Green festival June 2015 exhibition/Expo
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UKHAMBA
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UKHAMBA Go Green and Clean invited C.O.J. Eco guides to Clean up Eldos day
Cleaning up of a Dumping Hot spot
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UKHAMBA
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GO GREEN AND CLEAN
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o Green and Clean ecoguides were involved in Climate proofing at different Primary Schools in Eldorado Park during May. They ran awareness campaigns around water conservation, waste management, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and greening at schools, around the community and at special events. These eco-guides continued to clean up illegal dumping spots within the community and maintained the Sand Street Project they launched in April. Throughout the month, they maintained parks in Eldorado Park and continued educating residents about environmental awareness
Go Green and Clean invited C.O.J. Eco guides to Clean up Eldos day
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GO GREEN AND CLEAN
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SIZANANI
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n June, Sizanani eco-guides continued with what they were doing in May, which was to prepare the bed and cleaned their garden. They tended to some new beds and also planted more crops. They continued to clean their yard and also improved their decomposing stratagem. They protected their plants with nets. Because now the community knows them, they went back to them and taught residents about environmental education and awareness. They educated other community members on how to formulate the food Garden. Eco-guides from Sizanani also continued their em roadshows and educated people on waste management and pollution. They then educated learners about the conservation of water.
Orange Farm Eco Guides Report
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SHOMANG SEBENZANI DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
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co-guides from Shomang, conducted an educational awareness campaign at Ikage Primary School where they spoke to learners about the importance of the environment which they started the previous month. Even though it is really hard for Shomang Eco-guides to complete their tasks as they only have two eco-guides representing them, they completed their tasks very well.
During educational awareness at Ikage Primary school.
Visitors from rand water.
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RIENDZHO
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or environmental and educational purposes and for residents to realise the importance of wetlands and river streams, eco-guides from Riendzo continued to teach. Riendzo eco-guides continued to tend to their food garden at the back of their offices.
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Food garden implementation
Waste Management Workshop
Testing environmental education via ICT skills
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5. CHALLENGES FACED BY NGO’S IN JUNE 6. CHALLENGES IN JUNE
We experienced a lot of challenges during this month like: NGO’S REPORTING ON TIME As the service provider deals with different NGO’s, issues that arise in terms of reporting. Reporting sometimes becomes a problem.
ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR THE PROJECT As the project only had two weeks left, some ecoguides found it difficult to complete their tasks, and felt that projects should be longer so that communities they work in would accept them when they continue to see them continuously.