Stuck for what to do this Sunday and this month as part of the Mandela Day global campaign for good? We have just the trick for your 67 minutes of humanitarian work. An astonishing 80% of Cape Town’s children have never seen the ocean, despite living so nearby. This Mandela Day, create a sustainable ocean legacy by educating a child with the Two Oceans Aquarium.
In order to protect our rich ocean legacy and ensure its biodiversity for future generations, it is critical that our marine resources are increasingly managed in a sustainable manner. And a vital component of sustainable management is environmental education.
If children are to play an active role as adults in ensuring the sustainability of our natural resources, we must instil in them an appreciation of our marine resources today.
The Aquarium has already established itself as a key player in raising environmental awareness through its high-quality exhibits and conservation and education programmes through the Environmental Education Centre. We pride ourselves on providing our children with positive environmental experiences that open their minds to the oceans and the life that they support. Boasting classrooms fitted with terrariums and aquariums, we are uniquely positioned to make environmental education both stimulating and relevant.
The Two Oceans Aquarium’s Adopt-a-School programme enables previously disadvantaged learners to enjoy a tailored, hands-on learning experience, which includes transport to and from the Aquarium on Golden Arrow busses, classroom-based lessons on a variety of environmental conservation themes, and a tour of the Aquarium to discover the ocean’s fauna and flora firsthand.
Mandela Day special offer
This Mandela Day, ensure the legacy of global giving and good lasts well beyond 2010. Give 67 learners the opportunity to be part of the Aquarium’s school programme for only R4 500, or pay R67 per child and determine how many students you can sponsor. This Nelson Mandela Day Special is valid until the end of July 2010. All prices are excluding VAT.
Sponsor benefits include:
• Recognition on the Adopt-a-School Partners Board inside the Aquarium;
• Selected photographs from the Adopt-a-School Programme for use in your internal communications and on your corporate website; and
• Two Oceans Aquarium complimentary entrance tickets (one ticket is allocated per R1 000 donated).
Donations over R50 000 receive two transferable passes (valid for one year, all 365 days per year and equivalent in value to over R26 000), as well as one free venue hire (excluding all catering, staffing and entertainment costs).
Read more about the Adopt-a-School programme here.
