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Nholwasi Community Project
Description
The word 'Nholwasi' means 'to build and work together', and this project provides the opportunity to do just that.
To inspire local children to become guides, wildlife rangers or conservationists is vital in the sustainable approach to conservation. Working alongside an established African charity, you will become mentors during bush camps and assist in developing leaders within local school groups with one main goal - to bridge the divide that exists between communities and wildlife.
Inspiring children to develop a positive attitude to these wild, rugged lands and a wish to protect their environment and wildlife for years to come is a vital step in sustainable conservation initiatives. Nholwasi Community Project provides a future for conservation in southern Africa and develops leaders inspired to care for their natural heritage and become the custodians of these fragile lands in the future.
To inspire local children to become wildlife guides, rangers or conservationists, is a long term aim of ACE. Working alongside a remarkable charity, you will assist in meeting the goals and aims of the charity and provide assistance in their wildlife clubs at school and during bush camps. Many children walk miles to school every day in South Africa, eager to learn and gain knowledge to provide a brighter future for themselves and their families.
Based in the magical Tuli Block of southern Botswana, you will assist in providing a consistent presence within the local community and their wildlife club and become a mentor during children’s bush camps.
Highlights
Improving the school environment and facilities
-This can involve working in the local village schools during your placement, on dedicated projects, focussed on providing better working conditions for both the children and the teachers. This can involve tasks such asVegetable food garden establishment and maintenance
Work alongside established children's charity in southern Africa:
- Children In The Wilderness works within the local community and schools to support their wildlife club in inspiring children to care for and protect their environment.
- Volunteering with Nholwasi Community Project, you have an important part to play in assisting this passionate charity to reach specific goals through both funding and physical help at the project.
Bush camps in Tuli Wilderness
- Children In The Wilderness camps allow rural children to appreciate the wildlife and habitats that surround them, develop an interest and passion for conservation and develop leaders to become custodians of these fragile ecosystems in the future. The camps always include topics such as sustainable living, fresh bush facts, new skills to discover in the bush and workshops based on environmental education. You will assist the camps in the following ways:
- Assisting with teaching ecological subjects. In a fun way, technical skills, awareness and literacy are transferred using the natural environment. Children learn to put into practice what they have learnt and to propagate principles beyond the reserve boundaries.
Integrate into the team running the course and become a mentor for the children at the camps. You often get to learn as much as the children about the unique environment you are working in during these camps!
- Assist the charity in providing lectures on key species in the Tuli block including elephants and predators, and ensuring the learning is adapted to bush living and is dynamic and creative for the children. This will of course require you to have been involved in Tuli Conservation Project and develop your knowledge on the species being studied and key conservation components.
- Travel to the local village schools and assist the Wildlife Club with information about wildlife and the conservation efforts of Tuli Conservation Project and the researchers who work in the area.
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