A project that started for Mandela Day by a Fourways school was finally completed and handed over to the Jukskei Park community on September 16.
Education Incorporated Boutique School, known as Edu Inc began their eco-friendly project by filling close to 100 eco bricks at school to begin the building of a birdfeeder at the Platina Street’s spruit park.
The filling of the bricks took a few months, and then a hole needed to be dug at the park for the eco bricks to lay a foundation for the birdfeeder.
Deputy head of the school and member of the eco club, Ishan Singh said this birdfeeder is the school’s contribution to the Fourways community.
“We got all the learners to contribute to Mandela Day by cleaning the park and building the birdfeeder. When you compress the plastics for the eco bricks, you see how much litter can go into these bricks,” he said.
“Gradually, we want to add more birdfeeders like this in other areas, and that way more people can learn about the birds as well as beautify the areas as well. The birds have the river here already, but we’ve just added a way to supply them with food so community members can come with seeds and fruit scraps.”
The school had also planted a number winter plants that come from Edu Inc’s gardens.
Murray van Zyl, who is part of the Jukskei Park Community Forum also attended the handover of the birdfeeder in the park. He said the addition of the birdfeeder is a welcome one in order to make the area more presentable.
“From a community perspective, we’ve almost taken control and management of all the parks due to the lack of resources and maintenance. As a community, we get the residents to donate towards the grass cutting and cleaning up.
“When an area looks more presentable, it allows us to get more funding to do more clean-ups for necessary maintenance at the parks. The cleaner and prettier we can have areas, more people get involved and do more for the community on a long-term basis.”
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