https://sdgactionawards.org/initiative/1708
1.Think tyre! Think green project!
2.Phuti Training and Motivational Speaking project
3.Photo
4.Mobilizer
5 SDG1 ,SDG 2,SDG3, SDG4 ,SDG5 and SDG 16
6- What is the aim of this project?
The aim of this project is to re-orientate community
children’s minds that tyres can be repurposed for good thing than gruesome
killing of people. We usually see TV screens during news that people are being
burnt to death through this method called” Necklacing”. It happened in the old
dispensation before democracy but even post democratic era we still see these
gruesome killings of people mostly women . I thought to starting vegetable
garden project using tyres to produce own food that will benefit community members.
-Who is
targeted/impacted by your work and where?
My targets are community children because they are our
future leaders. If we do not educate them about values and morals they will
grow up thinking that using tyres to kill is the way to go. That’s why I took
it upon myself to start the project in my yard and engage community children.
By so doing I am making them to be the solution seekers of challenges that
affect their community and country as a
whole.
- Who is involved
and how are they involved?
Community children are involved by taking part in planting
in the tyres, watering, harvesting and acquiring the farming skills.
-When and how did
the project start?
The project
started in 2016 after I retired as a school principal . I realised that on
Saturdays community children are loitering in streets as such I wanted to
engage their minds through good education. Check the link: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/education/2016-12-14-world-award-for-sa-teacher-who-swapped-classroom-for-online-tuition/
-How do you do
it?
As I explained I used tyres, soil and seedlings to start
tyre garden and name it Think tyre! Think green garden. The link of power point
slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/PhutiRagophala/think-tyre-think-green-garden-129817380
-How is your initiative innovative?
https://www.slideshare.net/PhutiRagophala/think-tyre-think-green-garden-129817380
-How is your initiative innovative?
The initiative is innovative in such that tyres are only
used on cars but I used them in my backyard to plant vegetables. I gave them a
new meaning
-How is it
transformative?
Its transformative because community chidren’s minds are no
longer the same as before we started. Now they can distinguish between good and
bad. Very empathetic and loving
-What has been the
impact?
The impact is community children and some members harvesting
every two weeks made me realise the positive impact about this tyre garden. MEC
status Here is the link summary of the project:
Radio 2000 And link of interview about the project: https://sway.office.com/yXlNy5GQ6knZB4nG
7. Think tyre!Think green project is aiming at
re-orientating minds of community
children on how to repurpose tyres to produce own food than being used to
gruesomely burning people to death & polluting air.
8.Phuti Training and Motivational Speaking project started
in 2016 after I retired from department of education as school principal.
Infact I just changed my work scenery from traditional classroom teaching to
online after realising the digital gap amongst the community children as
compared to urban. I facilitate three projects from home: Online Reading using
skype , Teaching with Technology and tyre gardening. I created a space in my
home for community children converge every Saturday to learn, share skills and
collaborate with global learners through skype. Here is video link to explain: http://beautifulnews.news24.com/Beautiful-News/retirement-is-just-a-change-of-scenery-for-south-africas-most-driven-teacher-20170803
9. The projects is based in my house in 2715 Zone 2 Seshego
Polokwane South Africa
10.Individual(Phuti and Peter Ragophala) couple
11.Here is the link for the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVSQE2CxOJ0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVSQE2CxOJ0&feature=youtu.be
12.I did not participated because I was ill-healthy
Social media links about my projects
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Telecommunication-Company/Phuti-Training-and-Motivational-Speaking-186898641720056/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Telecommunication-Company/Phuti-Training-and-Motivational-Speaking-186898641720056/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phuti-ragophala-5b589259/?ppe=1
Instagram:
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZUQ8VjCsfHaQpX6ga_fbA
13 How the project fits in the category of this
award(Mobilizer)
This project is relevant under category of mobilizer. After
I spotted the challenge of people using tyres to burn people on media and
polluting air I did not just folded my arms. I
talked to this challenge by mobilising community children and share with
them. I came up with a plan of using tyres to start greening vegetable project
in the backyard. They collected tyres and
soil,manure, planted seedlings and transplanted to tyres. Every Saturday
they maintain the garden by watering, taking out weeds,repelling the insects by
using herbs until harvest time where they share the products.We were together
addressing this challenge
14.How innovative/ is your project doing things in a new
way?
Normally tyres are being used on car wheels. I opted to use
them to create food gardens to produce own food. As such I gave them new
meaning as compared to being used to car wheels. That’s innovative.
-Is this the first time this has been done this way.Well I
would not know but around where I am staying many people learnt from me and
some even started their own tyre gardening. I have two community members who
started that.They even poste me to say we are with you in this initiative.
Their social media statuses are:
-Does it offer a
whole new way to address a problem?
I would say yes because through this project many of
community members started to realise the benefits of using tyres to create food
gardens. And lesson learnt that a problem is solve by solution not by revenge.
The former late President Dr Nelson Mandela taught us about reconciliation. Its for us community builders to
continue teaching children that problems are solved by projects not protests
and killings.
-Does it reach
'outside of the typical bubble' to influence new/different stakeholders
Yes. Up to so far this project has reached many viewers. I
uploaded it on my Microsoft Educator Community and been viewed by more that 900
viewers and replicated by five. This is
the link of the content lesson I shared on line: https://education.microsoft.com/Story/Lesson?token=0YUJD
15.How do I measure the impact:
-How many people have participated/been impacted by your
work, and how?
More than 100 people participated both online and face to
face. Most of my community members are benefiting from this project.
-They harvest vegetable during harvest time,,
- community children acquire farming skills at an early age,
-Community children even learnt on how to process some of
the vegetables for medicinal purposes through this tyre garden
-at least five people that I know of replicated the projects
-Pensioners do come and harvest
-My cleaner also harvest every two weeks to take home . All
these is for free.
-Is there a lasting
impact?
Yes. The fact that community children’s minds has changed to
doing positive things with these tyres made me believe that this impact will
last for good. They are so empathetic, loving and caring. Those values and
morals are instilled for good.
16.How is our project shifting boundaries? or contribute to
lasting changes?
-Is your project
breaking down silos?
-Does it have a
tangible effect on people's lives?
Tangible effects are
that community children have something to take home as food. My house
cleaners also have something to add to her family menu. Pensioners are also
benefiting by harvesting green vegetable. Through this project many community
children are aspired to become future farmers. Many community children learnt
the importance of being a producer that a consumer. As such they gained
confidence that they can supply food at home done form their hands.
-Does it change the
way things are done?
Oh yes. Even if the changes might not be noticed quickly but
gradually changes are there. Community learners are now positive thinkers, full
of innovative ideas, collaborate with other global learners about the project
and they are quick to notice challenges in their community and quickly
suggesting solutions. They also realised that relying on food parcels and
handouts from government is a waste of time. They can feed themselves.
-Does it offer potential legacy/sustained change?
Yes the project is sustainable in a sense that other
community members were able to replicate it. Its not costly, it saves water
because you water once a week. Yes it offers potential legacy as such.
-Does it reach those
generally left behind?
Yes it does. It covers every one because its simple to
start, maintain, sustain, replicate and to be practicable.
-Can it be replicated
in other sectors/regions?
Yes. Weather you have enough water or not, you may start it
because the maintenance is cheap. You
water it once a week. You can also use grey water to water it.The tyre is
capable of holding the moist down the ground as compare to the ground itself.
-Is it scalable to different contexts
Yes its scalable. As I have mentioned that its practicable
and replicated anywhere else.
17. I know there are powerful and innovative people who presented innovative projects and
I respect them whole heartedly. But I believe that my initiative also deserve an award based on the
following points:
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The fact that for more than 30 years as a
teacher and principal I have been engaged on incorporating SDG’s in teaching
and learning. Check school website where I was a principal:
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Now I retired and I still advocate the use of SDG’s looking at SDG1 in teaching
and learning even outside borders to
children refugee war camps in Kenya under KAKUMA project led by Koen Timmers
from Belgium. Check the link of the presentation:
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The fact that I am an online teacher and
community builder who supports SDG’ objectives and incorporate them into teaching and learning
afford me a chance to win
·
I am a Varkey Teacher Ambassador whose task is
to advocate SDG’s objectives and encourage other educators to do the same put
me closer to the award
·
The fact that I have been named “Change Maker in
Education” based on using SDG’s objectives in teaching and learning make me a
possible award winner
·
The fact that my project used cheap available
resources that can be accessed by anyone makes me believe that I am on track.
·
I posted online and on social media lot of my
SDG projects: #SDG4 #SDG1 #SDG 3 #SDG16 #SDG5 etc. I also hachtagged several
times about SDG’s. Check the link of my facebook:
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On the 23rd February 2019 im invited
by Kamla Nehru Public School in Phagwara New Delhi to attend an international
conference based on the theme ”EDUCATION,
CORPORATES OF SDG’s-BUILDING COMMUNITY
TOGETHER”. Attached find a link of the invitation:
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If I can
win this project will never be the same again because it will be upgraded and
scalable to cater many.
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Supporting information:
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The
following are the links of my projects as a whole from being a teacher, school,
principal and now community builder:
My MEC status
international profile: https://education.microsoft.com/Status/Public?token=51b5408d
My achievements: https://sway.office.com/gvVwpfE4GPsSd1Nn
My achievements: https://sway.office.com/gvVwpfE4GPsSd1Nn
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My CV
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Media
Articles about my projects
Videos about my
projects: http://beautifulnews.news24.com/Beautiful-News/retirement-is-just-a-change-of-scenery-for-south-africas-most-driven-teacher-20170803
International interviews: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/education/2016-12-14-world-award-for-sa-teacher-who-swapped-classroom-for-online-tuition/
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Radio
2000 interview about my projects:
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Microsoft
educator community transcript: Course that I workshopped teachers;file:///F:/DST%20nomination%20forms%20Final%202018%20-%20Copy/Transcript%20for%20achiement%20in%20training%20other%20educators%20in%20teaching%20with%20technology.pdf
MEC status: https://education.microsoft.com/Status
My
website: Blog post: http://itandiksproject.blogspot.com
3Global teacher prize
4.Presentation in the
conference about digital teaching
5. Million teacher
prize
6.Microsoft
Innovative Educator
7.ISPA super teacher
8. Technology award
9. Technology award
10 speaker during
technology conference
Interview in
Dubai
13. http://iono.fm/e/406925?autoplay=1
14. https://sway.office.com/btB3AGhraSZFwNx6
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14. https://sway.office.com/btB3AGhraSZFwNx6
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Good to see this post and i appreciate you for this. Keep sharing. cheap tyre prices in abu dhabi
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