Learners join Water Month commemoration at Marievale Bird Sanctuary
The learners were reminded of the steps already learnt at school on how to correctly wash their hands while saving water.
A group of learners from Zakheni, Menzi and Happiness primary schools in Duduza, Brakpan and Tsakane commemorated the start of Water Month at Marievale Bird Sanctuary on March 11.
The objectives of Water Month and Water Week in March are the following:
• To raise awareness around the need to conserve and protect water resources.
• Call upon all citizens to ensure each person always uses water wisely and sparingly.
• Remind citizens that South Africa is a water scarce country and that water is a finite resource.
One of the highlights of the day for the learners was the surprise arrival of the water conservation mascot, Mrs Drop, who taught them how to use water sparingly.
She asked them to play “water detectives” at home, checking how everyone was handling water, including how their fathers shave, making sure that they turn off the tap when not in use as well as “policing” their siblings so they too adhere to the dos and don’ts of saving water.
Teaching fellow learners how to wash their hands was fun for all.
The learners were reminded of the steps already learnt at school on how to correctly wash their hands while saving water.
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They had fun trying to remember the correct sequence of the steps with all the scrutinising eyes watching them.
The steps went as follows:
Step 1: Wet the hands.
Step 2: Close the tap and apply soap.
Step 3: Thoroughly rub the palms, the fingers, back of hands, thumbs and nails for at least 20 seconds.
Step 4: Rinse and dry with air.
Utilising water samples from the Marievale Bird Sanctuary, learners received a lesson in tactics used to check water safety for animals.
The presence of various small animals (macro invertebrates) living in rivers/dams is used to measure the quality of the water in a river or dam.
This gives authorities an idea of whether the water is suitable for consumption by animals, or, if not – does it need treatment – thus prompting the necessary actions to be taken.
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