Hamburg

Let me first apologize for taking forever to put up a new blog post – I got out of the habit of writing regularly and am now backed up on all of my latest activities. So, to bring everyone up to speed, we’re going back to the 29^th of November, when I travelled to Hamburg on a work trip.

Hamburg is a small coastal community where SST has done work for several years. Currently we are working in conjunction with several other groups in the area to try and develop educational programmes to assist students with their examinations, as well as to try and re-skill adults. Hamburg’s coastal resources have been depleted by overharvesting – many people in the area subsist on seafood and as a result the area was exploited until the area became barren.

Meeting with the Hamburg community to work towards education improvement

The Keiskamma Trust is an organization that has empowered women in the area, and helped them learn embroidery and other artistic skills. Many of the women used to poach mussels in order to feed their families. The SST hopes to work with this community in order to restore their rocky shore ecosystem to its former flourishing levels. 

Women at Keiskamma making bracelets which SST sells, supporting both the ocean and their livelihoods.