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Bongani Majola from the Community Works Programme donates acontainer to the Enqoleni Education Centre, accepted by manager,

Ntombizethu Dlamini. The container will be used to store bookswhich will be sent to school libraries in the rural areas

Education centrewelcomes pupils

Dolphins made from used cans on display outside the KZN Sharks Board

Time to go can crazy and createWHO would have thought that apile of trash could win you ashare of R50 000 cash?

This is exactly what Collect-a-Can’s 2012 CAN Craze com-petition is about.

Starting nationally, the com-petition, that kicks off thismonth, encourages schools orpupils to build a structure out of300 or more used cans in themost creative way possible, withthe winning entrants awardedcash prizes.

Entries will close on 30S e p t e m b e r.

‘The hands-on nature of theCAN Craze Competition getschildren to interact with theused cans and in doing so, torecognise that what may seemlike a waste product is in fact a

valuable resource that can be re-used in their artwork and thenrecycled, prolonging the lifes-pan of the raw materials andpreserving natural resources aswell as energy,’ says Zimasa Ve-laphi, Public Relations andMarketing Manager of Collect-a-Can.

‘The cans used in the buildingof these structures need to becollected by the participants andare later recovered by Collect-a-Can and processed for recy-cling.

‘This process demonstrates toschools and pupils the environ-mental benefits of collectingcans and shows them that re-cycling can be fun.’

Participation in the competi-tion can be individual or in

teams. Pictures of structuresneed to be submitted to Collect-a-Can along with a completedentry form which can be ob-tained from Collect-a-Canbranches or from their websitew w w. c o l l e c t a c a n . c o . z a .

Collect-a-Can encourages or-ganisations to get involved withschools entering the CAN CrazeCompetition. In 2010 a winningstructure of dolphins, built byCreston College, was put ondisplay outside the KZN SharksBoard offices during their Na-tional Marine Week activities.

To find out more about Col-lect-a-Can and their activitiesvisit Collect-a-Can’s websitewww.collectacan.co.za or con-tact the Collect-a-Can head of-fice on 011 4662939.

ANGELA KELLY

AT a school in the NdlanguboTribal Authority, outside Empan-geni is a centre for education.

The Enqoleni Education Centreis located at Mathubu PrimarySchool and is open to pupils fromschools in the area.

The centre stocks subject re-sources to support rural schoolswhich do not have sufficientequipment.

‘Resources range from physical

science and life science technol-ogy equipment to computers,’ saidcentre manager, NtombizethuDlamini.

The computer room is open topupils from several schools in thearea who use them to do researchfor projects or learning pro-g rammes.

The centre is also geared to pro-mote reading and has a large se-lection of reading material.

For more information contact thecentre manager on 082 2556400.

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