“This week, Hennops Revival reached 2 million kilograms removed from the Hennops in under three years, unfunded, just community and business donations and sponsorships, with help from volunteers.”
South Africa (21 August 2022) – A community clean-up initiative just reached a milestone of 2 million kilograms of trash collected and diverted from landing up in our dams and oceans.
“Hennops Revival” was founded by Tarryn Johnston in 2019 after a devastating flood destroyed large areas of land surrounding the Hennops River, but it is the Active Citizenship of South Africans that is keeping this incredible clean-up initiative going.
“What started out as a single mother hosting a once-off river clean-up has developed in ways I never imagined, including global recognition! I certainly did not see this coming, but here it is,” Johnston explained to CBN.
And after just three years, the incredible clean-up initiative is celebrating the milestone of collecting 2 million kilograms of trash.
“I lost count of how many people have told me it couldn’t be done, I’d never get it right, and I’m wasting my time. If I had listened to them, I’m not sure what our Hennops River would look like!”
“This week, Hennops Revival reached 2 million kilograms removed from the Hennops, in under three years, unfunded, just community and business donations and sponsorships, with help from volunteers.”
Johnston hopes that more South Africans will get involved with river clean-ups, and maybe one day, our rivers will become a source of clean drinking water again.
“We all share this water, and I think people should be made aware of this and be more conscious about how they treat the environment,” said Johnston.
“The country has a serious water crisis, and rivers should be sources of drinking water.”
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