Caterpillars come to plant trees in Sophiatown

The Caterpillar Foundation spent some time in Sophiatown recently when they were at Sparrow Combined Technical Skills School to plant wild olive trees.

One of the foundation’s representatives, Stacey Barnard explained a huge focus area for this non-profit organisation is environmental sustainability. Planting trees and giving back to the community is very important to them. One of the ways they aim to make the environment better for all is through their promise that for every piece of paper they use, they plant just as many trees.

Even though they are fairly new, this foundation has managed to plant more than 70 trees so far this year.

According to Barnard, they need to play their part in looking after the environment as it is something close to their members’ hearts. They each have a huge love for giving back and towards environmental sustainability, so days like this are one of the ways they can make a difference. From this day she hoped the children saw that no matter what you do in life, there is always a way for you to find creative ways to give back not only to communities but to the environment too.

The school’s Renata Noble echoed Bernard’s sentiments saying that the day served as a way to educate learners on the importance of protecting the environment and as well as the importance of planting trees. “Just this year on Mandela Day we started a conservation campaign within the school. We saw that it is pointless only telling our children all these conservational theories without showing them how to do it and leading by example.”

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