Recycling Nazi

Recycling plays a huge part in the LIFE Project yet it is not a big deal in Africa!  In Canada I have a few friends I call the RECYCLING NAZI’S ( Abby and Angie) however after watching them for awhile, it rubbed off and I became one during the last few years I lived in Canada.

Tom helping me put garbage into the huge garbage can (old water tank)

As part of teaching sustainability the LIFE Project trains the teachers of our pre-schools to make toys out if recycled items.  There are many lodges in the Livingstone area and we pick up huge mealie meal sacks of garbage, sort them, store them and then encourage the schools to use them.

This last week I had some time so I sorted out some bottles that needed sorting, we used to store them outside and then rats did get to them but now we are using the containers that stored the vitamins as storage and all will be covered, protected from the rains and rat free!

Here are some pics of the kids playing with some of the toys/educational games that are made out of recycables.

An egg tray and painted stones make a good sorting game

2L coke bottles used as bowling pins

The kids are playing with off cut pieces of wood donated by Kubu Crafts, and a hut that was made of grass and a tin can

Cans and bottle tops used as a game

Once again bottle tops used to make mobiles

Cairo playing with a scoop ball, a 2L milk jug that was cut apart and a ball made out of plastic bags covered by a nylon stocking which stretches.

A shoe box, with different compartments and bottle tops to teach colour