African Children Living in Harmony with Nature

Our program works to change the way the youth think about the world and the role they play in it. The goal is to bringing back balance, instilling understanding of give and take with the world. With our carefully crafted exercises, they learn they can have meaningful exchange, including with nature. 

We have engaged with young people in underprivileged areas who often lack the opportunity to participate in additional school programs. Thus far we have carried out a pilot program in a school in the Eastern Cape and we are now working with 13 to 14-year-old learners in the KwaXimba area.We will be implementing the program in numerous schools south of Durban, to bring the course to over a thousand young learners. The results thus far have been nothing short of spectacular.

WHAT DO THE LEARNER'S SAY?

“After going through this book, I changed my life, now I respect my mother's reputation and her presence in this world. My mother has seen that I am a changed person she even respects my opinions and my values.” L. Ngobo

“Because I always do something for my mother or/and family, animals, environment and others. I always clean the environment and my body also my home.” A. Ngcobo

“I enjoy because you learn about everything in your life and everything for your family and it (the course) telling everything to do in your home to make your family happy and make sure you take a shower." A. Ndlovu 

“Yes, I enjoy it because I learned lot of things. I enjoy it and I learned anything that I need to learn. I like it because it talks about your own life, and how to treat you family and animals even our school. This book makes me happy even if I'm very very bored… I learn that it is a really good thing to help each other. I learn that you should love your family. I changed and I want my life successful now, and I love each other." A. Magcaba 

“The important lesson I learned do not harm animals live in the clean environment.” M. Mshengu

“I feel good because I learned that no one survives alone and you must learn to respect your mother and father or anyone who is in the community.” S. Ndokweni

“Now I love nature is like to making me feel happy.” N. Shongwe

“I love to show people that the nature is important.” A. Mthembu

“I gain too much things like how to take care of the nature and animals.” B. Phetha

“I feel happy,my lesson it was that when you make your family happy you will be happy too, you will see that you family love you so much I love this course thank you for do this thing for us.” F Ndlovu

(please note,mino spelling & grammatical changes were made to the learner’s comments, for easier reading.)