Conservation-based CBOs score

Following a rigorous evaluation of about 24 applications for City of Cape Town grant funding, received in June last year, grants were awarded by its Water and Sanitation Directorate to 11 community-based organisations in greater Cape Town.

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They are for initiatives from involving residents in improving river conditions, with measurable outcomes over six months, to behavioural research on what drives positive change in communities to lessen abuse of local water-and-sanitation resources.

Recipient projects cut across a number of categories, including waste-interceptor installations and clearing along heavily-polluted water bodies, to support existing City removal, collection and maintenance standards. Also, waterway rehabilitation such as community-organised clean-up campaigns to preserve and restore local waterways. Then there's social change and awareness by community members who will lead educational outreach, training and host events on water and sanitation issues in their neighbourhoods, and fostering behaviour change in communities away from abusing the immediate environment.