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ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE
Brian George and Sebastian George clearing an area of invasive vegetation. The Coca- Sebastain George and Brian George traverse the wetlands which are a vital source of
Cola Foundation’s Replenish Africa Initiative has created jobs in Joubertina and other water for the Joubertina community
rural areas where there are few employment opportunities.
The Algoa Water Fund project in the Eastern Cape was implemented in partnership with Living Lands, as part of the RAIN initiative. The project cleared 260 ha of invasive alien
plant species from the Impofu Dam. Seen in this image is the Churchill Dam.
In Atlantis, a worker clears invasive alien trees from the landscape. The project hired
The RAIN partnership with WWF, funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation, is helping to clear unemployed women from the local community and mentored those with leadership
470 hectares of alien invasive plants. A wood chipping operation in Wolseley, known as potential to run their own clearing teams. By the time work in Atlantis was completed,
Lyns Valley, is owned and run by women and is one of these projects. five women from the original team were running their own clearing teams.
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