Achievements in Swaziland
Swaziland Game Reserve Project
Quest4Change worked in Swaziland between 2000 and 2010. Working with local people and the Lumbombo conservancy we aimed to help conserve Swaziland's spectacular reserves for future generations.
Achievements
- Have constructed 2 Neighbourhood Care Point (NCP) classrooms
- Help construct and extend Majambeni Orphan School
- Built and helped maintain 2 Environmental Education Centres (EEC) and design/production of relevant resources including numerous information boards.
- Built two food distribution kitchens at Shewula Primary and Secondary schools.
- Have constructed 2 bird hides
- 2 picnic sites have been built using local materials.
- Rabbit and chicken breeding hutches built to show alternatives to poaching.
- 2 pit latrines built
- Approx. 20,000 man hours of scientific survey work
- Renovation of 5 classrooms, 2 plant nurseries, an environmental education centre and a kitchen; Initiation of eco-friendly water recycling project
- Production of 100s of tourist information boards and signs produced, as well as leaflets and maps for 3 reserves.
- Creation of interactive educational trail and activity trails
- Over 100 kilometres of trails cut, marked and mapped
- Over 100 kilometres of fences checked and repaired
- Donation of specialist equipment including GPS, cameras, binoculars, books and software, as well as beds, cooking equipment and furniture
- Training courses provided in Ornithology and IT.
- Predator passages created between parks.
