Update of KwaMemela Firewise Community Video Released
Wed, 18th November '09
Firewise South Africa has produced a new video outlining the effects the Firewise Community has had on the community of KwaMemela, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. You can watch the two-part video below:
Thursday the 15th of April was the Parliament Budget Vote for the Department of Water Affairs (DWA). Projects falling under the DWA were invited to exhibit their material with the aim of interacting with Parliamentarians and officials, showcasing their work and how the funds extended to them are being put to good use relevant to conserving and protecting our natural resources whilst uplifting the lives in poorer communities.... [Read More...]
Farm communities in the Free State are benefitting from wildland firefighters sharing information on preventing and fighting wild fires with their local communities.
WoF State veldfire fighters identified farms communities close to their respective bases, with the aim of raising fire awareness, and providing basic fire fighting training to school learners, teachers and parents.... [Read More...]
Thirty Thaba Nchu Fire Wise Community committee members successfully completed a two day basic fire fighting skills training course. The training course, held at the local library on November 26 and 27, was presented by by Working on Fire (WoF) wildland fighters from the Zastron Team and Fire Wise Trainer, Goodness Motloung. rom the 26th till the 27th November 2009.... [Read More...]
JASA (Junior Achievement South Africa) is a non profit organisation which was formed in 1979 to offer mini business skills to unskilled workforce. Junior achievement mini-enterprise is an educational programme which offers participants the opportunity to participate in the running of a company. It is an experiential programme which simulates a real business. This unique experience provides a realistic view of the world of business, and demonstrates practically how wealth creation occurs and how this benefits society.... [Read More...]
Four Free State teams :Zastron, Golden ; Eagles & Undertaker Hot Shots kick started with their events at their respective adopted schools from last month, Zastron event was held on the 27th, Golden Gate the 31st July ; Senekal-Eagles Hot Shot on the 07th August & Harrismith – Undertaker Hot Shot one on the 14th August. These events were all facilitated successfully as planned, and the main aim was to raise fire awareness in various activities to school learners.... [Read More...]
Two communities were trained on basic fire fighting and on FireWise for communities. The two communities were Mparel and Nkau communities.... [Read More...]
On the 25th July 2009, the WoF Underberg team held a fire awareness event.
The event was held at the Impendle Sports ground. Impendle is a rural community near Underberg.... [Read More...]
Life orientation is a mixture of the subjects that were known as; Guidance, Physical teaching or education and Religious studies. Teachers are meant to be knowledgeable about the various characteristic of these old subjects and so it is advantageous, if guests come and enrich these teachers’ minds with further knowledge.... [Read More...]
Congratulations to WOF team for pulling together and being able to participate to ensure this was a fantastic event that saw WOF receiving fantastic exposure both at the exhibition stand and having 30 plus people in the gallery of the Old Assembly Hall during the DWAE Budget Vote 2009/10.... [Read More...]
In the firm belief that prevention is better than a cure, Working on Fire has been partnering with community orientated based projects initiated by timber growers SAPPI and MONDI to bring the benefits of Firewise teachings to local communities:... [Read More...]
On the 6th May 2009, the Department of Agriculture at Lindely – Free State Province, held an Information day meeting at Kalaagte Farm situated between Bethlehem and Lindely towns. The theme of the event was the “Bethlehem".... [Read More...]
The Matwabeng community in Setsoto Municipality were treated to a Fire Awareness Clean Up campaign by Working on Fire's Senekal Veld Fire Fighters Team on Tuesday, 26 August 2008. The purpose of the event was to raise Fire Awareness & Education for the community.... [Read More...]
Operation Firewatch, which successfully pioneered the deployment of camera monitoring and aerial water bombing to curb the destruction wrought by runaway shack fires in the Cape Peninsula, has been expanded to include additional cameras to watch over more informal settlements during the fire season this summer.... [Read More...]
Apart from fighting forest and veld fires, the WoF fire fighters are trained to work within their own communities, to teach rural people about fire prevention and to contribute to the improvement of the overall living conditions in these communities.... [Read More...]
