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People are still careless in areas where there are no active FireWise participants
Richmond FireWise project area “We were lucky to have had FireWise from May 2014 – 4 years now. My community thought we are all going to be firefighters when we first heard of FireWise. People thought they were going to use fire extinguishers to fight fires.” ...
“Where one road closes, another opens”
Mutale FireWise Community In 2010, the project started to operate under three tribal authorities. By 2017, FireWise has created 120 jobs, divided into nine groups, and the Mutale Committee was nominated to be representative of all sectors. This includes local...
“The FireWise door to door awareness campaign is our biggest success”
The Goedverwacht FireWise Communitiy There are four communities that operate under a different model where only the committee members get a stipend. They are typically small communities where none of the community is employed, and there are no teams. People themselves...
“FireWise gave us water programmes for water preservation”
(translated) “FireWise gave us walkways and roads. Fire pits. Water programmes for water preservation." "Crime levels are down in the Mkhondo area because of the clearing of Invasive Alien Plants. Even though some are paid to go out and commit crime, the level...
FireWise skills building in Mpharane
“When we started the FireWise project in Mpharane, not all members of the community understood the extent of FireWise.” Mpharane is a community with lots of wattle. Wattle is used as fire wood, wind breaks and fencing, and people do not necessarily want to cut it...
“FireWise is our pillar”
"FireWise is our pillar. We want to thank FireWise for being in our community. It started in 2014 when FireWise came to our community, Jeppes Reef. They didn’t go straight to political parties. They went to tribal authorities, because they are the ones who know those...