WESSA Annual Review 2020

WESSA TREASURE BEACH WESSA Treasure Beach continues to deliver innovative and hands-on education programmes to our school groups wanting to learn about the Marine and Coastal Environment in Kwazulu-Natal. From WESSA e-STEAM, to Coastal Geomorphology, to the legendary WESSA Rocky Shore and Mangrove studies, and community awareness programmes, the team at WESSA Treasure Beach have adapted and adjusted content, resources and activities to make the programmes relevant to 21st century learning. The leadership team introduced a new marine science programme that is fully-integrated into the CAPS curriculum, and exposes students to fieldwork processes, data-collection, data collation and high level technologies which allow the groups to analyse information at a high level. The teacher training and government departmental green skills training programmes delivered over the past year have received a high level of praise, and credit must be given to the innovation and dedication of the education team working at the centre. The future focus of making WESSA Treasure Beach into a coastal science centre is placing it on a new path of growth, while ensuring it delivers the excellent education programmes it has always been associated with. The coastal President’s Award hikes have also grown from strength to strength, with practical coastal fieldwork becoming a core part of the student’s journey along the KZN North Coast.

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I am delighted to share with you the feedback from WESSA’s World Wildlife Day 2019 event that was co- supported by UNDP. UNDP offers its heartfelt thanks to WESSA who displayed remarkable professionalism, coordination and passion – the key ingredients for working on the ground. Dr Janice Morén Golding Energy & Environment Focal Point - UNDP

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14 Annual Review 2019-2020