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A Community Clean-up Programme was initiated in response to the DUT Strategy Map as part of ENVISION 2030, which emphasises being a university that is people-centered and engaged. Community engagement programmes are now seen as playing a significant role in informing our approach to the University's offerings and development.
Besides starting small-scale recycling businesses and keeping their community and DUT clean, students will be encouraged to educate other community members on recycling. Project leaders will hold workshops to teach them about what can and should be recycled and what the available platforms on which to recycle these goods are.
Students will be educated about not creating illegal dumping spots, to keep their environment clean, and to see the possibility of business opportunities in these recyclable goods. Planting indigenous trees in some of these areas will also help to keep them green, and bins will be provided, which will prevent littering.
This project encourages and supports going green and taking care of our ecosystem through recycling. Donors will play a massive part in this and in helping unemployed youth to create their own job opportunities. Entrepreneurship is critical in an economy suffering from high unemployment; the project will teach people that there are many ways of earning a living besides formal employment.
Nontokozo Ngcobo: Centre Manager Email: NontokozoN@dut.ac.za Tel: 033 845 9056
August 2020 to 2021
R85 000
