Environmental Education in Zambia
South
Luangwa National Park is one of the finest wildlife
refuges on the African continent.
However the settlement of Mfuwe, located next to the main Park entrance, is rapidly growing and in the last few years has changed from a rural village to a township with all the social and environ-mental problems associated with swift, uncontrolled development.
The most serious threat to the
wildlife of the area is poaching though the use of snares
or firearms. Commercial poaching,
particularly of elephants is a huge problem and
‘subsistence’ poaching is out of control.
Other environmental problems include over-fishing,
bush fires and deforestation as the villagers search ever
harder and further for protein, building materials and
firewood.
Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust aims to teach local children the value of wildlife and the environment so that it may be conserved for the future. There is an established wildlife education centre but funds are urgently required to help with a new conservation education outreach programme in the local schools. The focus is on teaching the conservation club members at both primary and secondary level.
Students from rural areas in Zambia are disdvantaged in terms of technical and computer skills and without science labs their knowledge of science is usually simply text book based. This programme aims to address the balance with a series of practical outside and classroom based lessons and activities that will bring science alive and address conservation issues with pracical solutions.
Funding is specifically being sought for laptop computers (second hand or refurbished), binoculars, general stationery and the printing of educational materials directly relevant to the programme. With the support of educational materials and through the teaching of the use of computers this capacity building programme will encourage and inspire the students who live in such an important wildlife area to protect it for the future.
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Chipembele Wildlife Education Centre