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Video: This school was made from eco-bricks

This might be the country's first such school.

By Adel Van Niekerk

14 Aug 2023

An organisation called Khensani’s Collection has built a self-contained green school for children from Diepsloot, Johannesburg. This green school will accommodate up to 100 learners.

This article was originally published on GroundUp.

© 2023 GroundUp. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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