Environmental Education Programme 2020/2021

Bushroh Abdulazeez

Bushroh Abdulazeez is a student of crea8ive planet, 15 years old and the project leader of the environmental education program. Bushroh has now able to take care of her environment successfully, tell people around her and most importantly the people she met during the program line has given her more exposure to think outside the box. Bushroh also mentioned that she learnt how to manage risk, try new things and giving thanks the ISNADAfrica for given us the opportunity to bring the idea into live.

Abdulhameed Olayemi

Abdulhameed Olayemi is a student of Crea8ive planet where he learns crea8ive art, a 14 year old, his passion for creativity drives him towards many positive things. Abdulhameed said ISNADAfrica really impacted and equipped him for environmental education which he can also pass on to other people, he mention that the most important area to him is where advisor and associate gives their support and track their progress that he made him serious. He thanks ISNADAfrica for supporting the idea and promise to continue impacting people about environmental education.

Promise Dalero

Promise Dalero is also 15 years old, known as the operating officer of the project. Promise has been making art and craft out of pet bottles which made him understand varieties of pet bottle. He mentioned that the EEP program is a blessing to them; it allowed them to successfully carry out the project. Promise said the project is quite challenging and interesting it gives him the sense of belonging and ISNADAfrica has given him the exposure he never thought of, to meet new people and to learn new things. Thank you ISNADAfrica!

Muhammad jamiu

Muhammad jamiu AbdulAzeez is a student of crea8ive planet where he learn graphic design, he proves to be the professor in the team. Jamiu never thought ISNADAfrica could take them this far, he was amazed and excited to be among the students to carry out the project. He mentioned the project is really interesting and he won’t stop solving the pressing environmental challenges. He said he has been able to teach other students environmental education and recycle some plastics. He thanks ISNADAfrica for given us the opportunity to try new things.

Hanatu Abdulhakeem

Hanatu Abdulhakeem is a student of crea8ive planet, 13 years old, passionate in craft work. Hanatu said the most importantly what he has got from ISNADAfrica is exposure, ability to learn new things, to meet new people around the world and communicate and bringing given us the opportunity to bring this idea into being. Hanatu really thank ISNADAfrica for the good work they are doing.

Olympia Gumede

Our project needed good communication skills so that we can make it move faster. So as a team, we did need assistance for some part of the project, which required us to communicate our needs. We learned how to effectively communicate our needs with everyone involved, mainly our project advisor and facilitator.

The distribution stage of the project involved a lot of interaction with our community members. In a community, there are many different people, and we were supposed to approach them respectfully. We also had to develop a positive mindset for everyone because some people were very skeptical about our project and had to respond positively not to bother them. Overall we got to learn that our community is full of different people, but most of them are positive people who are keen to see change.

We learned how to be persistent through the project since this project runs for about 4 to 5 months. We used to set goals to achieve whether it was planting X amount of plants or distributing X amount of plants in a week. Sometimes we felt the plans were too big to achieve, but that presented opportunities to us to practice being persistent, understanding and asking for help when needed.

Last but not least, we learned how to advertise a product effectively. Our advisor helped us to get the necessary information for promoting the plant to the community. EEP helped us provide us with a project advisor, and the funds helped us move forward with the project as a whole!

Mpumi NgwenYama

Throughout the process of working on this project I really learned a lot, even though sometimes there were moments where I felt like we couldn’t tackle certain challenges we came across during the process. That is one of the things which made the whole experience more impactful, because we got to push and challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zone each time. With the help we got from the EEP I felt really supported on our Project. All in all it was a really meaningful experience working with our Advisor and the EEP as a whole.

Ntuthuko Motha

Personally for being part of the ISNAD-EEP there were times I felt overwhelmed with what we needed to do for the project or just the amount of work that was required of me and my team. I feel it’s a great thing because it challenged my prioritization skills and to effectively implement strategies like “planning”. I personally believe that growth happens when we stretch your abilities or what you think we are capable of and EEP really allowed me to do just that.

Precious Mkhwanazi

From doing the project, I learned a lot of things. Most importantly I learned how to communicate well with different people. Distributing the Spekboom plants and explaining more about what the plant is and what it does was a new experience for me, and an opportunity to communicate and build relationships with the people in the community. Working on this project has been impactful, being able to see many homes in the community having the Spekboom plants in them has brought a lot of pride and joy. And knowing that we as young people(founded by the EEP) are able to make change in the community and make the environment a more safe and carbon-free place is a dream come true and an amazing experience.

Mandy Makhubela

This has been a very fun project for me to work on. It made me get out of my comfort zone when we were distributing the plants, and I learned that small acts that we do can save mother nature.

Benjamin Patrick

During the Environmental – Education Programme 2021 project, I learnt a lot about environmental pollution, what causes it and the solutions. It taught me how to protect the environment and do what I can to prevent it from becoming corrupted. And for that I am forever grateful to ISNAD – Africa.

Akintoye Favour

I learnt a lot about agriculture. I also learnt how to use bottles to create farm structure. From the project, I learnt how to recycle materials. I also got to know how to use PET bottles to support farmers during dry season.

Aboluwade God’sTreasure

I learnt that bottles can also be used to build farm structures and to create irrigation system, which has better sustainability instead of other expensive materials. Bottles can also be re-used to prevent environmental pollution. Thank you!

Babalola Peace

I learnt that everything that you think is nonsense, you can make sense out of it. I also learnt that nothing is a waste, even dirty water can be recycled to become useful.

Olatunji Glory

From this project, I learnt that there is a way to convert all waste to useful resources. I also learnt the connection between irrigation and storage.

Lukman Fatimah

From the project, I learnt how to recycle materials which have already been used by individuals into useful things which will reduce environmental menace in the country, materials that can be recycled are plastic bottles, dirty water, etc into other useful things.

Akande Isaac

I learnt that waste plastic bottles can be used in ways that are beneficiary to the environment.

Olukanni Deborah

I learnt that things which are a source of menace in the society can be gathered and even used to help the environment. I also, learnt that I as an individual can help my immediate environment and the larger environment. Lastly, I learnt that I can help in contribution to the growth and well–being of my environment.

Adeniyi Esther

Nothing is a waste. The ability of a person to innovate goes a long way to help other people.

Agboluaje Eyitayo

I learnt that nothing in this world is a waste. I see bottles as source of waste, but with the project we just did, I can now see the advantages of these bottles. I never expect that those bottles can be used to make that storage building but it did! 

Adeshinya Victor

I was excited to meet professor Igbatayo who acted as our project advisor. He’s so smart

Olayiwola Abdulrahmon

I learnt about the importance of organically grown farms

Omoniyi Shalewa

Thankful for the exposure I got during this program, reaching as far as Italy

Giwa Toluwalase

I have learnt more about organic farming and also about the essence of biochar

Kolade Amos

I was excited to learn about biochar and water conservation methods