WESSA Schools Programme Annual Report 2019/2020

Three Crowns Primary School

Emalahleni, Eastern Cape

Picture courtesy of IPS Inter Press Service / David Oldfield

THREE CROWNS PRIMARY SCHOOL BY MR FUNDISILE ZOTHE I was born and raised in the rural village of Khavala, in Cacadu (formerly Lady Frere), in the Chris Hani District Municipality. Since 2009, I have been employed as a General Worker at Three Crowns Senior Primary School in Emalahleni. I also sit in a local traditional council as an advisor to community leaders. MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOL’S PROJECTS

duties were to maintain the school grounds. This ranged from fixing holes in school fences to reporting and fixing water leaks. These duties expanded in 2010, when the school was selected by WESSA to have the Integrated Biogas Algal Sanitation System (IBASS) and Food Garden projects implemented at our school. These developments were exciting for me since I enjoy working with my hands. The school principal asked me to look after the food garden, which was sponsored by WESSA. This meant more time to work with plants, for which I was grateful since

I have my own home garden. I was also introduced to the IBASS system, learning how it works and how to perform general maintenance. I have never looked back! The school’s food garden is linked to the biogas system which supports the fertility of the garden with the provision of biogas slurry. The biogas slurry is a combination of of decomposed organic matter that has gone through an anaerobic digestion process. various environmental competitions and I was once fortunate enough to be The school enters

When I started at the school, my main

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