The Key Advisory Set (KAS) consists of both academic and professional, administrative and support staff and youth representatives from the First Nations group.
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This visit formed part of an ongoing critical conversation with community stakeholders in Humansdorp, exploring the potential of Graslaagte as a key implementation site for the NFRF Multilateral Grant project, International Relational Accountability of Mother Earth: Revitalizing and Restoring the Land and Water.
The grant is a collaboration with Canada, the UK, and Switzerland. It affirmed a refined implementation focus grounded in eco-pedagogy, Indigenous knowledge, and community-responsive climate adaptation.
The visit brought together school stakeholders, researchers, First Nations leaders, and community members to activate four intersecting strands of engagement, namely establishing school eco-gardens with drought-adapted crops; integrating First Nations knowledge through intergenerational learning activities; supporting parent-led entrepreneurship via a school-based cooperative; and collaborating with Kouga Dam stakeholders to develop community education programmes focused on the dam’s role, local drought strategies, and water quality improvement.
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Collaborating with Kouga Dam stakeholders.
This engagement laid the groundwork for participatory curriculum development, community resilience programming, and deeper alignment with the grant’s vision of relational climate adaptation.
The Graslaagte visit not only affirmed the school as a catalyst for environmental learning but also as a hub for community-driven transformation rooted in shared knowledge and care for the land and water.