About
About
Our Work
While PROJECT 1 was taking place in South Africa, we organised a workshop at a local school to teach the kids how to build a shelter for the homeless.
The children were asked to collect plastic bottles and bags from their houses and bring to class. Before we started building the structure we explained to the kids three main points:
1. What the project is about
2. Why we started this project
3. How important it is to take initiative and help other people and the environment
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It is important to bring awareness to the young generation since they are the ones who will be leading the future of our planet!
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Our first Project took place in Johannesburg, South Africa for the period of three months (from October to December 2017).
We visited an impoverished community in Innesfree Park, in the very wealthy area of Sandton. We interviewed some of the people in order to collect as much information as possible, not only about their housing issues, but also the bottling-recycling system.
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Shade of Waste
The 'Shade of Waste' Workshop was part of the Pame Kaimakli Festival organized by the Urban Gorillas and took place on the 5th of July, 2018.
The aim of the workshop was to build a shading device out of plastic bottles and
re-used fabrics and install it in the neighborhood of Kaimakli for the Festival.
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Participants helped with all the working stages: opening holes in bottles, cutting the fabrics into strips and weaving the bottles together.
