SAEON Advenviro Kid to represent SA at International Expo
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Joe Sibiya, Education Outreach Officer, SAEON Ndlovu Node
In June next year Pharidah Machaka of Phalaborwa will travel to Reunion Island to represent South Africa at the 2010 International Expo for Young Scientists.
Pharida’s project on Lupus Erythematosus that she entered into the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists won medals at local and regional level before competing with about 600 top projects in the national finals held at the University of Pretoria in October this year.
Pharida, a learner from Motome Malatji High School in the rural village of Maseke in Phalaborwa, is one of the 2009 SAEON Advenviro Kids’ top learners. She was the co-author of the 2009 Advenviro Kids report.