METAFIX: Meteorology students reaching out to the Community.

This community project is completed each year where the needs for educational and basic needs are recognized and money is sponsored or raised to fulfill these needs in the community.

Main Aims

§                 Repair the fog nets, install gutters and water storage tanks for the collection of water.

§                 Run workshops at all the four schools on water sanitation and the dangers of cholera.

§                 Paint classrooms and improve general aesthetics.

§                 Establish a vegetable garden at one of the schools.

§                 Provide textbooks, books, stationary, computers and computer software for improved literacy to all the schools.

The total budget is split into two sections: main expenses (R 55 720) and educational expenses (R 75 910). Any contribution towards either or both of these expenses will be appreciated. The total budget is R131 630.

The meteorology community project received international recognition and obtained a prize in the esteemed Educating Africa, Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education: Teach a Man To Fish.

Contact Us

Tel: 011 867 2919

Fax: 086 659 2154

Cell: 0732199199

Email: mellaz4@yahoo.co.uk

(Click here for link to community project) www.up.ac.za/ggm

Physical Address:

Room 2-11, Geography Building, Main Campus, University of Pretoria, Lynwood Road, Pretoria

Postal address:

Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology

Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

 http://www.up.ac.za