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The report details the 'Water Disciples' programme, which integrated environmental education on groundwater with spiritual teachings for youth and faith communities in the Western Cape. Key activities included nature hikes to Table Mountain springs, community clean-ups in Nyanga and Athlone, and the development of educational materials for Sunday Schools. While COVID-19 hindered some planned collaborations and events, the project achieved significant reach through the World Council of Churches and the Diocese of Cape Town's Synod resolution on groundwater.

• The Water Disciples programme successfully engaged youth from various churches in Athlone, Gugulethu, Nyanga, and Crossroads through activities such as hikes to Table Mountain springs, wetland visits to Intaka and Rondevlei, and ocean clean-ups at Hout Bay, Muizenberg, and Blouberg.
• The project developed and distributed groundwater awareness materials to a wide audience, including 14,000 people via mailing lists in 2021 and 2022, and provided resources to the World Council of Churches for an online service in Geneva.
• Community-based interventions saw mixed results regarding sustainability; while a clean-up and garden project in Nyanga was adopted by the local community, a similar effort in Athlone failed because "plants were stolen" due to a lack of community ownership.
• The initiative achieved high-level institutional impact by securing a groundwater resolution at the Synod of the Diocese of Cape Town.
• COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and local unrest significantly hindered the project, leading to the cancellation of the Eco Champs Camp, the Peninsula paddle educational trip, and planned exchanges with the Philippi groundwater project.
• The project integrated environmental activism with faith, including protests against the River Club development on a groundwater recharge zone and the distribution of 30 spekboom 'memorial trees' in Crossroads and Khayelitsha for healing and education.

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@techreport{wwfsouthafricand1annexure1faithpartneringwiththegreenanglicanscadec215e6188569pdf, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{1\_annexure\_1\_faith\_partnering\_with\_the\_green\_anglicans-cadec215e6188569.pdf}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/1_annexure_1_faith_partnering_with_the_green_anglicans.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }