As part of the International Coastal Clean-up week, an initiative driven by Plastics SA, the Nature’s Valley Trust held its annual Kurland Clean-up day on Friday 21 September. The turnout is always outstanding and this year was no exception as over 300 people arrived to do their bit and collect rubbish. The event was opened by WWISA (Willing Workers in South Africa) as they welcomed all the volunteers into a buzzing school hall at Crags Primary. Vernon Gibbs-Hall from Eden District Municipality gave an informative speech about the facts of rubbish, recycling and decomposition. Shortly after the welcome, the volunteers poured out of the hall and began collecting rubbish and managed to fill approximately 450 bags, making an impressive but concerning pile of rubbish that was taken away by the municipality. Amongst these hard workers were the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bitou Municipality who certainly did their part in collecting rubbish.
This event has become an annual one since its inception in 2002 and although the Nature’s Valley Trust is the initiator and organisers it would not be possible without the help and sponsorships of the following people:WWISA for helping organise; Eden District Municipality, Bitou Municipality and Hunter’s Hotel for sponsoring the hundreds of hotdogs, cold drinks and snacks and Plastics SA for the bags and more cold-drinks. The rest of the day belonged to each and every individual from the community, businesses and organisations surrounding Kurland that arrived to help make a cleaner South Africa, especially the local ladies who cooked over 800 hotdogs The Nature’s Valley Trust would like to thank them for their immense contribution and have included a list of all who took part to ensure they are acknowledged.
- Plastics SA
- WWISA
- Bitou Municipality
- Eden District Municipality
- Crags Conservancy
- Crags Primary Grade 7s and 8s
- Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP)
- SANParks
- Working for Coast
- EPWP Projects (Food for Waste and others)
- Ingwe Forest Adventures
- Green Ticket
- Born in Africa
- Monkeyland
- Birds of Eden
- ORCA
- Masizhake