Education
Education
forms the backbone of our Responsible Tourism policy from training
of the local community members in different skills and environmental
awareness to educating our guests in socio-ecological and environmental
practices.
Guests
visiting the lodge will automatically become aware of our ongoing
eco-tourism efforts and unobtrusively they will become educated
in eco-friendly living, conservation, caring for the environment
and socio-economic problems of the Venda people, whilst enjoying
the spectacular mountains and nature surrounding them. Special interest
programs, in Venda culture, photography and botany give our guests
the option to gain more knowledge in these fields.
The majority
of the staff at the lodge are from the local community that we have
trained for their respective positions. Continuous training ensures
that they develop further skills making promotions available to
them. With construction completed we have started training, through
our qualified Venda guide, some of the building team, who are now
out of work, to become guides for the Lodge or at other destinations.
For positions
such as chef, where skilled people have not been found in the local
community or in Venda we have employed a qualified chef that will
not only be responsible for the fine pan-African cuisine but to
train certain members of the local community in this skill. This
attitude is being extended to other positions with the ultimate
goal of utilizing the lodge as a "hospitality school" for the local
communities.
Our advanced
eco-friendly management of the reserve and lodge has been recognized
as a step forward in solving the world's energy crisis and our equipment
and systems are already being utilized in the local community and
other areas of South Africa. We are available to show and train
people globally in this field.
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