Students relate all things beneficial about owls
Students from China and Marlboro Gardens Combined School exchange knowledge about owls and their benefits to the environment and community.
Students from Shenzhen College of International Education in China and Marlboro Gardens Combined School exchanged knowledge about all things owl related.
Owl Project South Africa is a non-profit organisation that educates learners about the benefits of owls in the environment. It aims to introduce young black South Africans to the wonderful world of owls, and their beauty.
This project was an initiative that began in township schools more than 20 years ago to ‘create owl-friendly children’.
“This project is a way for me to help educate the next generation of children. Owls are an important part of our environment, and we should do our part to help others know this too. Education is the key to conservation, so it is essential that we create owl-friendly children, who go on to be owl-friendly adults, which creates an owl-friendly environment.
“Events like these also help bridge the gap between continents. It also allows children from different ethnic backgrounds to learn about each other’s culture,” said Jordan-Michael Hardey, the project coordinator.
As rats are a daily scourge in rodent-infested and impoverished communities such as Alexandra, projects such as these were essential to demystify the negative stigma surrounding owls in Southern Africa, he added.
According to Hardey, students from both schools had their hands full with researching, creating artwork and preparing material for this online event.
“It is comforting to know that these stigmas and myths don’t only exist in Africa but also other parts of the world,” said Motlatsi Zulu, a teacher at Marlboro Gardens Combined School.
Local learners from the school expressed their gratitude for this opportunity as they gained much knowledge about owls during this project.
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