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World Earthworm Day
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🌍🪱 Happy World Earthworm Day! 🪱

Today we celebrate the unsung heroes of the soil — earthworms! These tiny powerhouses are vital for healthy ecosystems: they aerate the soil, boost drainage, and recycle nutrients that help plants grow. 🌱 This day honours Charles Darwin, who revealed their ecological importance in his 1881 book “The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Actions of Worms.”

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Montage of waste pictures
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Driving Sustainable Transformation: Zero Waste Week & Tourism Month

This week is International Zero Waste Week, encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to reduce waste, reuse resources, and live sustainably. It coincides with Tourism Month in South Africa, themed “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation” – a reminder that tourism can drive inclusive growth, responsible travel, and community empowerment.

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Womens Month 2025
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Celebrating the Power of Women in Tourism

At Dreamcatcher South Africa we’ve been very busy with our passion — working in communities. With Women’s Month closing yesterday and Tourism Month and Heritage Month both starting today, this feels like the perfect moment to share updates from the Dreamcatcher world.

We are reminded of the powerful story behind the celebration of Women’s Month in South Africa.

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Unique musical production re-awakens lost culture in a South African rural community

Youth – and community development to improve quality of life in communities across South Africa, are a key cornerstone of Dreamcatcher South Africa’s work. The cultural identity of the community of Melkhoutfontein has been hidden for a long time, causing uncertainty about their ancestry and their legacy. Identity emerges during childhood as children start to comprehend their self-concept, and remains a profound and consistent aspect

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Lisa and Anthea
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Happy 92nd Birthday Lisa!

Happy 92nd Birthday Lisa ! This weekend we were delighted to spend precious time with Lisa Daries to celebrate her 92nd birthday.

Our founder Anthea conveyed best wishes from all at Dreamcatcher and Lisa was thrilled with her gifts. We have had the privilege of knowing Lisa for 40 years. She was one of the first residents in Soeterus where along with late husband

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Students from Paul Smiths College participaying in the PaintUp with Kamamma initiative
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2025 starts with a bang at Dreamcatcher

A belated happy new year……2025 started with a bang for Dreamcatcher! On the very first day of the year we were delighted to welcome and host sustainability staff and students from Paul Smith’s College Natural Sciences, New York, USA. This is the second group from Paul Smith’s we’ve had the pleasure to host in South Africa, and in collaboration with the college Dreamcatcher designed the

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DC kids working with lego
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Lego boosts cognititive development of youth in Melkhoutfontein

We’ve been engaging with the youth in Melkhoutfontein and other communities in South Africa for over 3 decades in a wide range of activities and programmes. During the past two months we have been running our ‘Lego Club’ in Melkhoutfontein. We are lucky to have wonderful volunteers and supporters locally and across the world who have donated over 10,000 pieces of Lego including complete sets

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