Conservation programme creates new employment
A local conservation programme is creating real opportunities for young people around the Ceres Mountain Fynbos Nature Reserve. More than 40...
Conservation programme creates new employment
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Improved clinic facilities in Matjieskloof
Improved clinic facilities in Matjieskloof
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Learners take classroom learning into the field
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Local ECD practitioners build skills, confidence and career prospects
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Upgraded Hospitality Classroom
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Conservation programme creates new employment
A local conservation programme is creating real opportunities for young people around the Ceres Mountain Fynbos Nature Reserve. More than 40 youth have gained green employment, clearing over 2,000 hectares of invasive alien vegetation and, for one participant, opening the door to permanent municipal employment. The benefits reach well beyond the reserve. Neighbouring communities are seeing a recovering natural environment, along with renewed care for the public spaces they use every day. “In the past few months, the improvement in the state of the park, the cleanliness, the tending, the...