During the COP 17 duration, Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) and the informal recycling community of the Palmer Street Collection Point, located within walking distance from the International Convention Centre (ICC) which is hosting the COP 17 discussions, has made a call out to all individuals, officials, delegates, formal and informal professionals, campaigners and students interested to [...]
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67-Minutes of Service for Mandela Day – 2011
For this year’s ‘67-minutes of Service’ for Mandela Day, Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) in collaboration with the International Centre for Eye care Education (ICEE) and the eThekwini Health District ran a “Sinelungelo Lokubona” campaign (meaning “We have a Right to Sight” in isiZulu) on the 3rd of August. On this day, almost 200 street traders from Isipingo [...]
Work experience with inner city cardboard recyclers
by Tasmi Quazi for Asiye eTafuleni On Tuesday 8th of March, two new members to the Imagine Durban Cardboard Recycling Project, who are 4th year social work students from UNISA’s Bright Site Project, joined two Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) staff members to get practical experience in the working lives of informal cardboard recyclers. The Bright Site [...]
Friends of the Recyclers
Asiye Etafuleni invites formal businesses to support the Friends of the Recyclers programme. By donating your cardboard and paper waste to Imagine Durban cardboard recyclers, you can help to support the livelihoods of cardboard recyclers. If you would like to be involved in this initiative, please feel free to contact Tasmi Quazi on (031) 309 [...]
Warwick Market clean up campaign
The Warwick market clean up campaign was featured in The Mercury on the 13th of May 2010 and in the Daily Sun on the 14th of May, as volunteers took to the streets of Warwick Junction armed with brooms and buckets.
Imagine Durban Cardboard Recycling Project – 03/12/2010
An article from the Metro Beat on the Imagine Durban Cardboard Recycling Project, published on 3 December 2010.
Report on World Sight Day
On 14 October 2010, the International Centre for Eye care Education (ICEE) celebrated this year’s World Site Day (WSD) by providing free eye care examinations to the informal workers of Warwick Junction and the inner-city area. WSD is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. It serves as [...]
Warwick Clean-Up Campaign
The clean up campaign of the Warwick Junction area, which ran on 12th May 2010 between 9am to 1pm, was an initiative under the rubric of ‘Warwick Traders Preparing for Kickoff 2010’. As final preparation to ready the area, the traders embarked on this clean up campaign to ensure that all markets are ready to [...]
