SOUTHERN CAPE NEWS - The Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (Wessa) has received the award for Environmental Sustainability at the 2017 Education Week Awards held in Cape Town last week.
The awards, which recognise excellence across the African Education Ecosystem, formed part of the Cape Town EduWeek exhibition and conference held in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department at the Cape Town International Conference Centre on 4 and 5 October.
Project manager for Wessa's Schools Programme in the Western Cape Lorraine McGibbon, who worked for Wessa in George for many years, says it is fantastic that Wessa is acknowledged in this way for the work they do.
McGibbon says the Wessa group in George is very active and the two Eco schools, Holy Cross Primary and Glenwood House, participate in the project with great enthusiasm.
Wessa invests in the youth through innovative programmes in schools that offer project-based learning.
They work with schools and teachers countrywide to support and incorporate environmental learning in school curricula, equipping children to live sustainably in the future. Wessa is the national operator for the international Eco-Schools, Learning About Forests and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes.
Wessa also implements a national water and energy programme incorporating the Water Explorer Project, and the Entrepreneurial and Environmental Empowerment for South African Youth Project, in partnership with Teach A Man To Fish. All Wessa schools programmes are aligned to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
Lorraine McGibbon of the Wessa Schools Programme (centre), with Provincial Minister (MEC) for Education Western Cape, Debbie Schäfer, and Brian Schreuder, head of Western Cape Education Department.
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