Wildlands Conservation Trust, in partnership with Unilever – Knorr, held a successful event at Copesville Combined Primary school on the 29th of April, where underprivileged learners were handed re-purposed educational kits made from Knorr soup shelves.
Also partnering with Knorr on this initiative is MH Moosa Protective Workshops. MH Moosa Protective Workshops is an employment facility for approximately 150 mentally challenged people under the auspices of the Pietermaritzburg Mental Health Society.
This is an exciting initiative which will provide schools with upcycled educational material made from Knorr Soup shelves. Thousands of these cardboards used in stores around the country to display soup have been ‘re-purposed’ to create teaching aids for underprivileged schools. The Knorr units were pre-printed with numbers, letters and sums before going into stores for the big winter soup season in 2014.
By re-purposing and distributing used point-of-sale shelves, Unilever aim to substantially reduce their contribution to landfill and at the same time make a difference in the lives of school learners. To kick off the roll out of this project this year, 637 children from Copesville Primary school and their teachers received Knorr kits to be used at home and in the classrooms as teaching aids. As part of the festivities, children were also served a delicious hot chicken stew meal made with the tasty flavours of Knorr Soup.
“Wildlands will work with the most disadvantaged of these primary schools to distribute the Knorr re-purposed shelves,” said Wildlands’ Director of Sustainability, Partnerships and Marketing. “We are thrilled to be able to network and partner with other organisations in the community to make this project happen. This way, our waste materials become a valuable commodity which empowers communities and protects the environment at the same time.”
“Today is an honour and a privilege for me to be witnessing such kindness and generosity for these children of my school. Thank you to Knorr and Wildlands for putting smiles on our learners faces and giving them tools to build them up to become our future leaders,” commented Mr Mhlophe, the Principal of Copesville Primary.
WILDTRUST (registered as the Wildlands Conservation Trust - IT No: 4329/1991/PMB)