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FireWise, their strengths and their challenges: Goedver-wacht’s story
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From fire-prone to FireWise – Clarkson’s story
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FireWise gave us water programmes for water preservation
Piet Retief Firewise Community “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...
I will better this community… Not for my kids alone, but for other kids as well.
Carmelita Bernadus from the Clarkson Voluntary FireWise Community shares her story We are very vulnerable to fires because around Clarkson we have the pine plantations. The message that we are trying to get to the community of Clarkson is if your house burned...
“It is better to prevent a disaster than to pay for it after it took place”
Eshowe FireWise Community "It is better to prevent a disaster than to pay for it after it took place." - Mvelo Xulu Eshowe's name is said to be inspired by the sound of wind blowing through the more than 4 km² of the indigenous Dlinza Forest, the most important and...
“I have learned to serve the community”
"When one of the community's houses burns down, we all feel it in the community. Because if one house burns, it could just as well have been mine." "I am a resident of Sir Lowry's Pass. Before I started working for FireWise, I was a volunteer. Before FireWise was...
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SAIA Fire Risk Reduction
Climate change adaptation in Sir Lowry’s Pass
Climate change adaptation in Goedverwacht
Climate change adaptation in Kranshoek
Climate change adaptation in Clarkson
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