Grantee Profile

Founded in 2000, Khuthala Environmental Care Group is a registered Non-Profit Organisation based in Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Khuthala Women’s Movement forms part of Khuthala Environmental Care Group and was founded in 2019. They are based in the Highveld Priority Area which was declared in 2007 as needing intervention to address the air quality crisis caused largely by the large number of power stations, mines and industrial activity in the area. Their combined organisational objectives are to combat air and water pollution mainly caused by the local scrap yard, to drive responsible waste management, and to re-green the communities they work in. The combined Khuthala groups received a grant for a re-greening project in which more than 200 trees will be planted in 10 communities to improve air quality in the area. They will also workshop the youth and learners to act as custodians of the environment and to look after the trees.