SAEP Announces First Essay Competition

SAEP Presents : ESSAY COMPETITION 2025 

Theme: "Our Environment, Our Responsibility: Addressing Local Environmental Challenges"

Calling All Young Changemakers! Do you see pollution, waste, water shortages, or other environmental issues in your area?Do you have solutions?

Your voice matters!

Write an Essay

✅ Identify an environmental problem in your community

✅ Explain its causes and effects

✅ Suggest practical solutions

✅ Show how YOU can make a difference!

🏆 Prizes to be Won!

🥇 1st Place – R1000 + Certificate

🥈 2nd Place – R700 + Certificate

🥉 3rd Place – R500 + Certificate

🎖️ Top 10 entries will be published in our Youth Environmental Voices booklet!

📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025

📬 Submit to: Govan@saep.org

📄 Word Count: 300–500 words (Please attach picture of the environmental issues you are tackling as well as a mind map of how you planned the structure of your essay.)

👥 Open to: Grades 8–9 (All high schools in the Cape Town Metro area)

If you have any questions or enquiries please contact us.

Winners will be announced at a date to be decided.

🎓 Organized by:South African Education Project (SAEP)💚 Inspiring Youth for a Sustainable Future

📞 Contact us: Lesley@saep.org | +27 87 022 0487📍 www.saep.org.za