Pretoria - Children at Child Welfare Tshwane in Mamelodi were jubilant this morning when the Water Research Commission (WRC) team joined them to commemorate Mandela Day.
Smiles and laughter were the order of the day as children got down and dirty learning about different creatures found in streams and rivers. They identified tadpoles, mosquitoes and leeches.
The programme organised by the WRC is called "Mini Stream Assessment Scoring System. This programme is used to monitor the health of a river and measure the general quality of water in that river.
In addition the WRC helped build a library at the centre.
The WRC partnered with the centre in 2016 during the #ShoeDrive Challenge where they donated shoes to the centre during the slipper day initiative.
The Water Research Commission team help to construct a library.
Child Welfare Tshwane is a registered, non-profit child protection organisation that has been caring for, protecting and empowering vulnerable children in Tshwane since 1918.
The welfare has a creche facility that accommodates over 25 kids as well as an after school care facility that accommodates over 65 kids whom they provide lunch for after school and they assist them with homework daily.