Since 2001, Not-for-Profit, Nature Connect, has provided environmental education and outdoor experiences to over 188,000 children from the Cape Flats to foster curiosity and care about their natural environment.
Cape Town, South Africa (22 April 2025) — In big news for Not-for-Profit Nature Connect, the organisation was recently announced as the winner of the 2024 WESSA Corporate Award!
The award is a top honour and a national accolade that recognises institutions that have made significant, long-term contributions to environmental conservation or education in South Africa.
The win is the spoken trophy of Nature Connect’s impactful work that deals in the clay of environmental good both in the present and in the future. Their winning areas of impact include:
- Exceptional and sustained impact in biodiversity conservation, environmental rehabilitation and management as well as invasive species control
- Community empowerment through environmental initiatives
- Youth and community education programmes that build environmental stewardship
Since its founding in 2001, the organisation has provided environmental education and outdoor experiences to over 188,000 children from the Cape Flats to foster curiosity and care about their natural environment. Over the years, Nature Connect’s scope grew through various programmes, including its green skills development programme and as of 2021, the Sustainable Schools programme.
“WESSA are fast approaching their 100 year anniversary, so to be recognised by them for our environmental efforts is a great honour,” reflected Anthony Roberts, CEO at Nature Connect.
“It is interesting how both our organisation’s recognise that one needs to involve people if you are to protect our natural world: with WESSA’s tagline being ‘People Caring for the Earth’ and ours being ‘Changing Lives through Nature’. Acknowledgement that our work is “fostering a new generation of environmental advocates and leaders in sustainable development” inspires us to dig deeper and continue to strive to make a difference in peoples lives whilst driving environmental protection. We salute WESSA’s efforts of care and, amongst the busyness of that, recognising others working towards the same.”
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