We guess it’s true what they say - one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
On Saturday, schoolkids from Mitchells Plain showed just how valuable the vullis in your drom can be.
The annual Generation Green Children’s Fashion Show took place at the Liberty Shopping Centre and this year the theme was “Superheroes”.
The competition asks schoolkids to create costumes made only with recyclable and recycled material, at the same time showing creativity and clearly bringing across their message.
The annual event is aimed at spreading the message of anti-bullying among school children and this year saw the learners also tackling cyber bullying among adults.
Sixteen schools in Mitchells Plain, of which 11 are primary schools, went head to head to win their chunk of the R50 000 grand cash prize.
The money is split among three schools with the winning school and runner-up receiving R20 000 each and the third-placed school bagging R10 000.
HERO: Woodville Primary kid
Mondale High School in Portlands came first for their superhero called Heroine of Harmony.
Wearing a crown made of wire, paper and foam to create flowers, they incorporated nature along with the colour purple to symbolise nature’s way of constant change and renewal, while purple is the international symbol for anti-bullying.
The heroine wore a mask of gold and black made of plastic, newspaper, serviettes and pipe cleaners. Her shoes were made of cardboard and ribbon, and heart dispensers made of toilet roll holders.
What made their concept extra special was that they incorporated the Chauncey David’s Anti-bullying campaign.
Chauncey was a Grade 9 learners at Mondale who committed suicide in 2014 due to bullying at school.
Creative Arts teacher at the school, Candice Fielding, 29, says her team worked hard and set their hearts on spreading a positive message.
HIGH ENERGY: Learners show creations at Liberty Shopping Centre
“We are so stoked for winning this competition. We came and gave our best to spread a message of anti-bullying and we succeeded in doing that, the win is a bonus,” the onnie says.
Chauncey’s sister Beyonce Davids is now in Grade 8 at the same school and explained their concept.
Woodville Primary School took second place and third place went to Cedar High School.
Cedar’s superhero was “Protecno” who fights cyber bullying. His costume, made of plastic, wire, cardboard and paper was spiced up with emojis.
Woodville named their superhero Batwoman, and her outfit was made of black bags, yellow plastic, crinkle paper and cardboard.