SHAPING ENVIRO WARRIORS

Thabazimbi - Moitsheki Machavi from Marakele National Park, popped in at Roosevelt Academy on Tuesday 24 October. She was there to chat to the kids about our beautiful planet on International Day of Climate Action.

Machavi shared lovely stories about the beauty of Marakele National Park. She told everyone how important it is to look after nature. She also shared that if we don’t look after nature it can lead to very hot days, not enough rain, and not enough food. It can even cause big fires like the ones we’ve recently seen in Thabazimbi.

She also said, “How we treat nature affects not just us, but everyone in the future too. If young people learn to love and care for our world, then our world will love and care for them.” She told the kids about the naughty things cars and trucks do – they make bad air with something called carbon monoxide. This makes the air not so nice to breathe. Nomfundo Mthethwa, who works for Thabazimbi Local Municipality (TLM), also spoke. She told everyone about how the municipality keeps an eye on the environment.

Marakele National Park and TLM gave Roosevelt Academy two trees - a mango and an orange one. Trees are great because they help clean the air. The school was told, “Plant more trees! They’re nature’s superheroes against dirty air.”

Mrs. Reinette Nell, a teacher at Roosevelt, shared about their Environmental Club. Kids from year three to six can join and learn fun ways to use things again, waste less, and keep things tidy. She said Machavi’s visit opened their eyes even more to how special our planet is.

Together, everyone learned a big lesson: looking after our world is the job of all of us, young and old. 

Let’s do it with love and care!

Photo: From left: Roosevelt Academy learner Wani Marange, Marakele National Park interpretive officer Moitsheki Machavi, and Roosevelt Academy learner Benjamin Masanga during the 
planting of the mango tree.