Category: School Environmental Education Workshops & Tree Planting Program

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Parkdene Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative Parkdene Primary School Precious Tree Project

SITE #6: Parkdene Primary School

The school is located in a low socio-economic area called Parkdene in Thembalethu, George. The school has approx. 1400 learners (Grade 1 to Grade 7). The school is a Section 21 primary school and is allocated some level of funding by the Department of Education. The school itself is  responsible for ordering stationery, textbooks, paying utilities (water and lights accounts) and undertaking their own maintenance. It is a no fee institution and the school is reliant on outside funding to cover its running costs.

There is an existing well-run food kitchen that feeds a certain percentage of the learners two meals per day. There is no vegetable garden to support the kitchen yet but this is on the school’s wish list as increasing numbers of the learners attending the school are not bringing pre-packed lunches and do not come to school having eaten breakfast.

The staff and learners of Parkdene Primary School & The Precious Tree Project Team say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


If you would like to Gift an indigenous tree click here OR visit https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Conville Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative Conville Primary School Precious Tree Project

SITE #5: Conville Primary School

The school is located in Conville, Thembalethu, in George. The school has approximately 1600 learners (Grade 1 to Grade 7). The school is a public primary school and as a Section 21 school and is accordingly allocated some financial funding by the department but remains responsible for ordering stationery, textbooks, paying water and lights accounts and undertaking their own maintenance. It is a no fee institution. Community fundraising to bring in additional income into the school is not a possibility, given the low socio-economic bracket within which the community falls. The school relies on external funding for the upkeep of the school.

There is an existing food kitchen that feeds all the learners 2 meals per day. The intention of the school is to invest in a vegetable and fruit garden that can support most of the vegetable needs of the school kitchen.

The staff and learners of Conville Primary School & The Precious Tree Project Team Say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


If you would like to Gift an indigenous tree click here OR visit https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Touwsranten Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative Touwsranten Primary School Precious Tree Project

SITE #4: Touwsranten Primary School

The school is located in Touwsranten, Hoekwil  – in the George District.  The school has 432 learners (Grade 1 to Grade 7). This quaint little school is well maintained on the limited funds provided by the Dpt. of Education and is a public primary school.  The school is a Section 21 school meaning it is allocated finances by the department and is responsible for ordering stationery, textbooks, paying water and lights accounts and undertaking their own maintenance of the school.

There is a small food kitchen that feeds all the learners 3 meals per day which is supported by a small scale vegetable garden (currently not sufficient to supply the food kitchen with all of its requirements). The majority of the learners attending do not have a pre-packed lunch as they reside in a low-income bracket community in which the school is situated. The school grounds are visibly absent of trees.

The staff and learners of Touwsranten Primary School & The Precious Tree Project Team Say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


To Gift a Tree click here OR visit www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject to make a donation / sponsor a tree.

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Dellville Park Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative Dellville Park Primary School Precious Tree Project

SITE #3: Dellville Park Primary School

The school is located in Dellville, Pacaltsdorp – in George.  The school has 1400 learners (Grade 1 and Grade 7). One percent of the learners come from the Dellville community itself.  Ninety nine percent of the learners come from Thembalethu at large – which falls into a lower economic bracket than the Dellville community itself. The Department of Education provides limited funding to the school covering staff salaries as well as education fees for 100 out of the 1400 learners). The balance of learners are funded by a range of small fundraising initiatives the school holds on a monthly basis, which is allocated to funding the learners’ education itself.

There is a food kitchen that feeds 500 of the children. These children are given three meals each day from the kitchen (feeding those learners who do not have pre-packed lunches). The numbers of learners attending the school without a pre-packed lunch is on the rise and the school has been in need of additional fruit trees and vegetable seeds to fulfill the requirements of the Nutrition Program

The staff and learners of Dellville Park Primary School & The Precious Tree Project Team Say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


If you would like to Sponsor or Gift an indigenous tree click here OR visit https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Mzoxolo Pre-Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative - Mzoxolo Pre-Primary School Precious Tree Project

SITE #2: Mzoxolo Pre-Primary School

Mzoxolo Pre-Primary and Lawaaikamp Creche is a small school situated in the industrial area of Lawaaikamp, Thembalethu, in George. The school accommodates approximately 600 children, between the ages of 3 and 7 years (Creche and Grade R learners). There are 6 classes of  3-4 year old learners and 6 classrooms of Grade R learners (of which 3 are situated at the Primary School across the street).

The school is situated in a low-income community, where many of the community members live around the breadline and where unemployment levels are high. Fundraising  from within the Lawaaikamp and Thembalethu communities is not a possibility and the pre-primary school is heavily reliant on external,  outside-the-community funding to support the school’s maintenance and upliftment requirements.

Aside from a few trees in the front area, the grounds are absent of trees for shade and privacy from the noisy surrounds of the industrial area. 

The staff and learners of Mzoxolo Pre-Primary School, Lawaaikamp Creche & The Precious Tree Project Team Say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


If you would like to sponsor an indigenous tree click here OR visit https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative – Mzoxolo Primary School

Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Initiative - WMO Mzoxolo Primary School 13 Oct 2022 Precious Tree Project

SITE #1: Mzoxolo Primary School

The Mzoxolo Primary School is situated in Lawaaikamp in George – a low income area where many of the community members live around the breadline and are largely unemployed. The school consists of 1500 learners from Grade 2 to Grade 7 with an average of 40 learners per class. Fundraising for the school from within the community is not a possibility and the school is reliant on external / outside-the-community funding to support the school and its upliftment requirements. To-date, the school relies on the limited funding provided by the Department of Education.

There is a small existing vegetable garden that feeds a small soup kitchen (linked to the Dpt. of Health’s introduction of a nutrition program for learners in 2021) that is in need of fruit trees and vegetable seedlings.

The staff and learners of Mzoxolo Primary School & The Precious Tree Project Team Say THANK YOU WMO!

Check out the Youtube video below!


If you would like to sponsor an indigenous tree click here OR visit https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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A Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Collaboration

A Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness Collaboration

Precious Tree Project is collaborating with the World Memon Organisation – Youth Wing Africa Chapter in a Youth Tree Planting and Environmental Awareness initiative in George Municipality. The initiative will be focusing on planting out a combination of indigenous trees and fruit trees at a number of primary schools and learning centres in underprivileged communities in the George Municipality. We selected TEN primary schools/education centres where we spent the day planting and discussing the benefits of trees. 

A really BIG Thank you to WMO – African Youth Wing for investing in our local schools and facilitating a journey  of opening the minds of these learners a little wider to the numerous benefits of trees and the importance of the natural environment in our own health and well-being.

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Watch this space and follow our WMO Africa Youth Wing Environmental Awareness journey with the staff and learners of the participating schools.

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Hoekwil Primary School Centenary Celebration

100 YEARS, 100 PRECIOUS TREES:

Hoekwil Primary school recently turned 100 years and in order to celebrate this huge milestone, Precious Tree Project, the staff, the school learners, their moms, dads and grandparents spent a day greening up the school by planting 100 indigenous trees and a large variety of shrubs around the school grounds.

We started the day with a short interactive group session on the importance of indigenous plants and trees – for animal, insect and humankind – then gave a quick demonstration on how to plant a tree to give it the best chance of survival.

A big thank you to all those who pitched up and pitched in to make the event such a memorable one for all.

And thank you to the school groundsmen and those school learners who have offered to maintain the trees and plants while they take root!

Click here if you would like to sponsor an indigenous forest tree OR you can go to https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/precioustreeproject.

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Hands, Knees, Feet and Faces

School Educational Workshop & Tree Planting Programme - Precious Tree Project
School Educational Workshop & Tree Planting Programme - Precious Tree Project

School Educational Workshop & Tree Planting Programme: We spent a day with all the Hoekwil Primary School learners; raising awareness around our natural environment, the valuable role that trees have in the bigger picture, and of course, we planted trees with them all. Getting hands, feet and faces dirty in the process!

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Hoekwil Primary School Getting Creative

School Educational Workshops and Tree Planting Programme: The learners of Hoekwil Primary School were enthusiastic participants in our School Educational Program. After the planting, they were all given the opportunity to represent their newfound knowledge in a creative way.

These are some of the many beautiful creative interpretations we would like to share. Thank you to the staff and teachers for all the input and who helped make this event possible!