Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (PAND)

Managing Institute:
Skillshare Africa

Project Code: 061-680-007	Start Date: 01-Apr-91	End Date: 01-Mar-96
Commitment: £261,728	Status: Completed	Type of Funding: Bilateral - JFS

Project Background:
Yonge Nawe is an independent, voluntary organisation registered with the Government of Swaziland. Its aims and objectives as set out in Article III of its Constitution are:

To make people aware of the urgency of arresting the degradation of the environment.

To increase interest, awareness and knowledge about conservation and the environment among the people of Swaziland.

To get people actively involved in the conservation of natural resources.

To spread awareness of the eoncomic, cultural, and aesthetic value of Swaziland's natural resources.

The main way in which Yonge Nawe has attempted to meet the above objectives to date is through supporting the establishment of conservation associations or clubs in primary and secondary schools.

The work of the clubs has been described earlier in the proposal.

At present there are 17 conservation clubs registered with Yonge Nawe. On average, one new club is registered every month.

Yonge Nawe acts as an information resource for the clubs, produces and distributes a free monthly newsletter, and runs workshops at the end of each school term where club leaders and members can meet to share ideas, and receive training in practical conservation and leadership skills.

Project Objectives:
The overall goal is to increase environmental awareness amongst all Swazi people, thereby bringing about changes in behaviour sufficient to ensure a sustainable use of natural resources in Swaziland. The particular project objectives are: To increase understanding of and commitment to environmental concerns and conservation practices among schoolchildren. To develop a cadre of schoolteachers and local community leaders who are involved with environmental issues and conservation practices. To increase environmental awareness within rural development agencies to the extent that planning and policy decision are influenced. To demonstrate through practical projects such as community woodlots, sanitation, soil conservation, and watershed development, that sound environmental management is consistent with, and fundamental to, the development process. To ensure that the people of Swaziland are informed about the country's environment.

Intended Outputs:
Conservation clubs established in schools and youth associations. Trained club leaders. Newsletters/Education materials. Register of environmental degradation/Nationwide surveys Woodlot projects Erosion Control Projects School tree nursery projects Health and sanitation projects Litter reduction projects Planners with conservation knowledge and awareness Communities with conservation knowledge. Community projects in liaison with other NGO's etc. Reforestation Sanitation Quality of drinking water. Solid Waste Disposal Tree Nurseries.