Die vierde jaarlikse Strides for Africa Walkathon van die World Fair Trade-organisasie (WTFO \u2013 Afrika en die Midde-Ooste) in samewerking met die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit, is Saterdag gehou en was een groot jol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meer as 500 inskrywings is ontvang en die stappers het in \u2019n feestelike atmosfeer die Paarl-arboretum en die omliggende gebied met hul amptelike Walkathon T-hemde rooi \u201cgeverf\u201d. Mense van alle vlakke van die samelewing het aan die pretstap oor 5,2 km deelgeneem. Sommige het ook \u2019n viervoet-vriend saamgebring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die doel van die Walkathon was om verbruikers se aandag op die ondersteuning van plaaslike, volhoubare ondernemings en eties-geproduseerde produkte te vestig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musa Mpofu van die WFTO was in haar skik met die ondersteuning van die mense van Drakenstein. \u201cDie getal inskrywings was \u2019n groot verbetering op verlede jaar. Dit was regtig lekker om te sien hoe oud en jonk entoesiasties aan die Walkathon deelneem. Dankie aan die mense van die Paarl. Van hier af kan ons die Walkathon net groter en beter maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Aantal mense het ook die Arboretum met \u2019n stywer beursie as voordat hulle begin stap het, verlaat. Die span van die Laerskool Charleston Hill het vir sy skool \u2019n stewige R3 000 verdien deurdat hulle as die \u201cspan met die meeste gees\u201d aangewys is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die skool is een van die WFTO se \u201cgroenskole\u201d en sy onderwyser Patrolene Conradie is ook \u2019n ambassadeur van die WFTO. Sy was opgewonde oor die Walkathon en die prysgeld. \u201cDie Walkathon was \u2019n ongelooflike ervaring vir die groenspan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns noem onsself die Chippies Green Team en ons doel is om bewusmaking te skep in die Paarlse gemeenskap oor die belangrikheid van die ondersteuning van fair trade practices<\/span> en die koop van plaaslik vervaardigde produkte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit was inspirerend om die gemeenskap se deelname en betrokkenheid te sien terwyl ons gestap het met die duidelike doelwit om die aandag te op die belangrikheid van etiese sakepraktyke en volhoubare verbruik vestig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOm die prysgeld van R3 000 te wen, is net \u2019n oomblik van pure genot en bevestiging vir al ons harde werk en toewyding oor die jare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit het egter nie net oor die wen van die prys gegaan nie; dit was ook oor die erkenning van ons poging om \u2019n verskil te maak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie energie van die span was elektries en hierdie prestasie motiveer ons om voort te gaan met ons missie om \u2019n positiewe uitwerking op ons gemeenskap en die omgewing te h\u00ea.\u201d.<\/span> Vier ander stappers het elk met R500 weggestap en nog een het \u2019n geskenkbewys van E-Zee Bikes gewen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die vierde jaarlikse Strides for Africa Walkathon van die World Fair Trade-organisasie (WTFO \u2013 Afrika en die Midde-Ooste) in samewerking met die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit, is Saterdag gehou en was een groot 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