About 50 children from Masiphumelele participated in a beach clean-up earlier this month as part of an environmental project hosted by the Lions Club of Tokai.
On Saturday 5 November, the children were transported to the Soetwater Environmental Education Centre (SEEC) located on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula adjacent to the lighthouse at Kommetjie.
The centre is manned by teachers who educate kids on the environment – plants, animals, the oceans, the air – and how they all fit together. Here the children got to experience and learn about the Cape Coastal ecosystem.
They also cleared Soetwater Beach of about 20 bags of litter.
But it wasn’t just all work and no play. Having enjoyed a burger, a soft drink as well as fruit and other refreshments, the children were recharged and ready to tackle the SEEC’s obstacle course. They were some of the last children to enjoy this particular obstacle course as it is soon to be dismantled and replaced with a new one.
“The Lions Club of Tokai would like to extend our gratitude to the management of the Soetwater Environmental Education Centre and to the Golden Arrow Bus Services, whose involvement made this project all the more exceptional,” says Mark Rossouw, club president.
