Many schools now use their projects to implement Active Learning, they grow their own food, harvest, conserve and manage water, recycle waste, employ parents and other community members, generate income for the school, run outreach projects and much more. The programme is supported and endorsed by the Ministers of Education, Environment and Tourism, Water Affairs and Forestry, Land and Agriculture, Arts Culture Science and Technology, Health and others. Within months of attending a workshop, schools were developing food gardens and using them in the Active Learning curriculum. This year only one workshop will be held in each province and educators are urged to contact Food and Trees for Africa for invitations to attend. These commence in Umtata on 24 May 2001.
Entry forms for the competition are also available.
Here they will present their projects to the adjudicators, attend entertaining educational workshops and generally have a good time, as they all receive their prizes and network with learners and educators from all over South Africa. All schools are urged to enter and entries close 15 August 2001. As a result of this effective programme, school achievements are impressive. These are evident in the number of schools successfully growing food, providing employment for parents and community members and even generating some income. AngloGold Foundation who are helping 8 schools in the Eastern Cape and the Southern Life Foundation who are supporting two schools projects in the Northern Province.