On Friday 26th December Dr Willie Smits of the Masarang Foundation will be visiting Island School. The aim of the Masarang Foundation is “to save the environment through the active participation of local people. Through its projects, the foundation works on solutions for the most pressing problems the world currently faces: climate change, extinction of plants and animals, destruction of ecosystems, poverty and underdevelopment.”
One of the Foundation’s projects is the Tasikoki Animal Rescue Centre in Sulawesi. This November a team of Island School students will be working at Tasikoki for their CAS week. Together with WAMBO (the school’s environment group) and other members of the Island School community, the Taskikoki students will be helping to raise funds to support the Masarang Foundation. We hope that this is the start of a long association between the school and the foundation.
For more information on the Masarang Foundation please look up their website Masarang…here. You can also look up the Masarang Hong Kong which has been set up in HK to raise awareness of the work of the foundation Masarang HK. It is also worth watching Dr Smits TED talk to find out more about his reforestation projects TED Talk.
Mathew Rappel - Advanced Diploma Co-ordinator/ Teacher of Business Studies
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