North beauty queen educates learners about recycling
“Some of these children are only eight years old but they are already caring for our environment and keeping their community clean, while also educating people to care for the environment.”
Businesswoman and Mrs Tammy Taylor South Africa finalist Abigail Leola recently took to Sekampaneng primary school in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, to educate the learners about recycling.
“My main aim with recycling is not only to help reduce the pollution caused by waste but also to encourage schools and people to use this as an opportunity to make money as the economy is tough and for many unemployment hits hard,” she said.
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Leola said she got involved with the school when she learned of its recycling projects in the community.
“I was so touched by the children and how hard they had been working at their recycling projects with their community in Sekampaneng.
“Some of these children are only eight years old but they are already caring for our environment and keeping their community clean, while also educating people to care for the environment.”
She added that her visit to the school was not only to encourage the learners to keep up their efforts but to also offer assistance so they can raise funds with Mpact Recycling.
Leola’s visit was in collaboration with Mpact Recycling, which aims to work with schools and communities to promote recycling awareness, support fund-raising initiatives and increase the volume of recycling.
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Sekampaneng primary school sat at the top spot of the Mpact school competition for a total of two months and won the first prize at the paper and pet drive at the Walter Sisulu Environmental Centre in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria.
The school also encouraged community members and businesses to play their part in saving the environment by donating all their unwanted paper, magazines, newspapers, cartons etc. to them for recycling.
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