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Her study was exploratory and used an empirical research design which combined qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate sustainability factors. The research population comprised Grade 5, 6 and 7 learners, staff and parents/community members at the West-End Primary School. In general the research findings demonstrated that West-End Primary achieved a degree of sustainability after project implementation. The study found that developmental factors such as participation, capacity, capacity building did in part contribute to achieving and ensuring this degree of sustainability. However a year and several months after project implementation, the degree of sustainability achieved was in a fragile state. This fragility was the result of a mix of weakness and strengths in the factors that have contributed to sustaining the greening project.

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Anita Carelse lives in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Development from the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Aside from two poems, Savanna Blues and Human Race which has been published, she regards this as the first major piece of work that has been published.

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