Grootvaly/Blesbokspruit Trust

Eastern Gauteng Chamber Of Commerce And Industry and the Ekuhurleni Metro.The objects of this Trust are inter alia:

• To create and maintain a Nature Reserve on the various portions of the Farm Grootvaly number 124 IR Springs measuring approximately 350 hectares inextent and which is situate on the bank of the Blesbokspruit river;

• To secure the conservation of natural vegetation and habitats together with all forms of plant and animal life on the aforesaid property;

• To provide all people, especially the youth of Springs with a knowledge and appreciation of the environment in which we live by means of field schools,classrooms, trails, lectures and all other possible means; to publicise their existence and encourage their use and to seek and provide financial aid for those wishing to attend but who may be unable to do so;

• To promote, foster and advance the interest of the GROOTVALY BLESBOKSPRUIT wetland area by such means as the Trustees may in their discretion deem to be expedient ;

• To ensure that the GROOTVALY BLESBOKSPSRUIT wetland area be given appropriate national and international recognition and support as a Ramsarsite.

The Trust is a registered Public Benefit Organization (PBO) and all donations made to it are fully tax deductable.