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#MandelaUniversityGiving

Students miss at
Students miss at
least 1 meal a day due to
least 1 meal a day due to
financial constraints
financial constraints

A Vision for Eco-conscious

Greenhouses

A GreenTEC, and to community farmers across the metro.
CIPSET’s role is to provide mentoring support to
young cooperative of PE College engineering
graduates is looking for funding to build
community managed greenhouses for seedling
CIPSET researcher Irna Senekal said the action research
production with eco-conscious materials.
Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for Integrated Post project aimed to help the TVET team apply developing
artisanal skills through eco-conscious design.
School Education and Training (CIPSET) is working with the So far GreenTEC has completed a number of plumbing,
group of TVET college graduates on the greenhouse and maintenance and installation jobs in schools and private
community food systems project. homes in Nelson Mandela bay, including retrofitting lights
A group of seven formerly unemployed youngers for energy efficiency.
make up Green Technologies Engineering Cooperative The main benefits of the project are support for
– GreenTEC – which is the implementing organisation for cooperative members to develop and apply their skills
the project. in green construction, plumbing and electrification, and

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