Press Release: Issued by the AfriOceans Conservation Alliance 13 April 2012
THORP Motor Group sponsors a new Chevrolet Spark Lite to the AfriOceans Warriors programme
The AfriOceans Conservation Alliance and Thorp Motor Group announced the establishment of a dynamic new partnership in Marine Education at a ceremony at the Fish Hoek offices of Thorp Motor Group on Thursday 12 April 2012.
Branch Manager Rene Cronje said:“Thorp Motor Group Fish Hoek Branch is proud to sponsor a new Chevrolet Spark Lite to AfriOceans Conservation Alliance to assist in their AfriOceans Warriors Programme. This programme works with schools in educating the learners in conservation matters particularly regarding our Oceans. To the AfriOceans Warriors and all the school tribes, “Go,Go,Go” and have fun while learning!”.
The AfriOceans Warriors Programme is a unique environmental education programme, the largest of its kind in South Africa, sponsored by the National Lotteries Board Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). It is already working with 12 local Primary schools in the South Peninsula,reaching 420 learners every week. Over the next three years the Programme aims to reach many communities and learners along our coastline.
“The support of companies like Thorp Motor Group in Fish Hoek, who align with our mission to conserve and protect our natural resources, is what makes the important work we do possible.We are very excited about our new partnership with Thorp Motor Group and General Motors – together we are going the extra mile and making a difference!” said Executive Director of AfriOceans, Lesley Rochat.
AfriOceans Head of Education Terry Corr,“Thorp Motor Group’s fantastic contribution to the AfriOceans Education team will greatly assist us as we travel to many schools in the Cape Town area to teach hundreds of young learners about the importance of our Oceans and how they can take Action.”
The Chevrolet Spark Lite that has been sponsored is one of the most environmentally friendly vehicles on the road,with the lowest CO 2 emissions measured of any similar type of vehicle.
“We must become the example to those we teach, and reducing our ecological footprint is key to a sustainable future.” said Corr.
For further information on AfriOceans Conservation Alliance
Contact: Head of Education Terry Corr 021 7821348
E mail: terry@aoca.org.za
For information on Thorp Motor Group Fish Hoek
Contact: Branch Manager Rene Cronje 021 7841220
Press Release: Issued by AfriOceans Conservation Alliance July 28, 2011
The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) helps to create a new and unique African Tribe
The AfriOceans Conservation Alliance (AOCA), a non-profit organisation at the forefront of marine education and shark conservation in South Africa, is delighted to announce that we have been allocated a total grant of R 5, 691 000 (five million six hundred and ninety one thousand rand) from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). The funding has been granted for our exciting and innovative AfriOceans Warriors Environmental Education Programme.
The AfriOceans Warriors has emerged as unique African tribe, which aims to assist the youth of South Africa to take ownership of their natural heritage and become leaders of awareness campaigns for Africa’s oceans. This three-year, high profile, curriculum linked, national environmental educational programme, promotes skills development and sustainability from the local level upwards. It seeks to empower South Africa’s youth to take action for our oceans and aims to reach a total of 170 000 learners at 170 schools along the South African coast, making it the largest marine focused environmental education initiative in the country.
The Programme consists of a number of exciting components such as a Blue Schools Network, which includes AfriOceans Warriors tribes formed at each school, and the teaching of a unique Big Blue Life Sciences curriculum.The oceans are our life support system but they, and our planet’s environment in general, are in peril: global warming combined with environmental degradation, fast-dwindling natural resources, and imminent shortages of food is forcing us into a future filled with many uncertainties for our own survival. The youth will suffer the most.
Founder and Executive Director of AfriOceans, Lesley Rochat explains: “An army of conservation warriors is urgently needed to help us win the battle against human greed, ignorance and destructive ways. Our children can be these warriors who, with the right leadership and guidance, can influence massive, positive changes in institutional, governmental and business policies.”
The Programme encourages a reflection of African tribal roots and culture where profound values and empathy for the natural environment and animals is reflected. In so doing it encourages the conservation and sustainability of South Africa’s marine environment for the sake of our children’s future.
“We are delighted to be given this wonderful opportunity by the NLDTF to make a difference in the lives of so many young South African’s. While the parents of many of these young citizens fought against apartheid and for freedom and equality, the AfriOceans Warriors are fighting for their constitutional right to inherit healthy oceans. It is our responsibility as the generation partly responsible for the current environmental crisis facing the world and its oceans, as their parents, teachers, and leaders to give them the means to achieve this,’ says Rochat.
The NLDTF relies on funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery. The Lotteries Act and regulations guides the way in which NLDTF funding may be allocated. The NLDTF wants the grants to make a difference to the lives of all South Africans, especially those more vulnerable, and to improve the sustainability of the beneficiary organisations. Available funds are distributed to registered and qualifying non-profit organisations in the fields of charities; arts, culture and national heritage; and sport and recreation. By placing its emphasis on areas of greatest need and potential, the NLDTF contributes to South Africa’s development.
For more information: Tel: 021 7827590 - email: info@aoca.org.za - website: www.aoca.org.za
Lesley Rochat, Programme Director email: lrochat@iafrica.com
Terry Corr, Head of Education Cell: 084 6801354 email: terry@aoca.org.za
To view video footage of previous AfriOceans Warriors events: 450 Learners Awareness Hike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOsrrJYs0v0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Green Goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izuWBGeKTqQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL |
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