Miss Earth cleans up at Rietvlei Zoo Farm
The earth sisters did a fantastic job engaging with the volunteers, sharing thoughts and ideas on recycling and how to be Earth Warriors
SIXTY willing volunteers gathered at Rietvlei Zoo Farm for the inaugural #VolunteerWithMissEarth amid much fun, laughter, learning, greening and removal of litter.
Dion Perry from Rietvlei explained to volunteers the challenges and effects of pollution on the waterways and how clearing the waterway of litter and debris would ensure the flow of the water and the protection of one of our most precious resources. The lovely Ilze Saunders from Miss Earth chatted about #WasteStopsWithMe, the importance of recycling, how each and everyone of us has a vital role to play and how we can play it.
Earth sisters and finalists, Makhosazana Dubazana and Lesego Seloane spoke passionately about the environment and projects that they are involved in. Then it was time to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Volunteers from St John’s, Roedean, Waterstone College, Marist Brothers, Oprah Winfrey, St Teresa’s, Cliffview Primary, Maryvale, Holy Rosary and the Othandweni Children’s Home picked up bag after bag of rubbish to add to an ever growing pile.
Looking back to this weekend Clean Up with @communityhoursa #VolunteerWithMissEarth #WasteStopsWithME @CleanerJoburg pic.twitter.com/K1dEQI2Bsn
— Miss Earth South Africa (@missearth_sa) August 29, 2016
The earth sisters did a fantastic job engaging with the volunteers, sharing thoughts and ideas on recycling and how to be Earth Warriors. A special thanks goes out to Rietvlei, Miss Earth, volunteers and parents for a successful morning.
Community Hours is a community-based online portal that facilitates and manages community service hours for teens, parents, teachers, schools, active citizens and accredited non-profit organisations. Community Hours offers out-of-the-box volunteering opportunities to truly engage teens and to encourage sustainable volunteering and active citizenship.
Community Hours launched #VolunteerWithMissEarth following the success of #VolunteerWithVinGroovin, launched in March this year. Together, Miss Earth South Africa and Community Hours will provide volunteering opportunities focused on green events such as community clean-ups, educational programmes and waste projects all centred around the theme #WasteStopsWithMe.
On September 17 Community Hours will be hosting a double header with both #VolunteerWithMissEarth and #VolunteerWithVinGroovin. Email melissa@communityhourssa.co.za for more information.
Courtesy to Bay Vision for the images.
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