EAWLS donates old ‘Swara’ magazines to school in Tsavo
Category: Bushmeat kenya | Date: Oct 23 2009 | By: bushmeateastafrica
On Thursday, I spent the better part of my afternoon with over a hundred students from the Bishop Njenga Secondary School in Challa Division outside Tsavo West National Park. I was there to raise awareness on the illegal Bushmeat trade and donate copies of old Swara magazine that EAWLS is giving out to schools in an effort to create interest on biodiversity conservation in School going youths.
On awareness rising, I showed a short film called ‘Mizoga’ - which directly translates to “carcasses”- that was written and Directed by the Born Free Foundation and presented T-shirts carrying Bushmeat messages to students and teachers.
The students, who expected to see the usual wildlife films from the Mara or Serengeti, were pleasantly surprised to see a film produced in Swahili and enacted in one of the villages around the Tsavo ecosystem. The educative film which sends the message through entertainment shows a village grappling with the effects of the illegal bushmeat trade through the thrills, drama and tragedy that surrounds this illegal activity. The photos of the attentive students below tell it all…
Iregi Mwenja
EAWLS
Technorati : Born Free, Bushmeat, Bushmeat trade, Community, Conservation, EAWLS, East African Wildlife Society, Mizoga, Poachers, Poaching, Swara, Taveta, Tsavo, Tsavo West
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My name is Iregi Mwenja and I love wildlife. All my working life has been spent in the wilderness of East Africa studying and implementing wildlife conservation projects. This year I am working on a bushmeat (protein and income) alternative project with communities outside Tsavo. I have also been investigating the link between our restrictive wildlife policy and the rise in bushmeat poaching on private land in Kenya. -
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Donations Received
- Nov 7th Johanna N. USD16.50
- Sep 7th Anthony B. USD22.00
- Sep 6th Johanna N. USD16.50
- Aug 6th Johanna N. USD16.50
- Jul 6th Johanna N. USD16.50
- Jan 18th Ludovic L. USD55.00
- Sep 30th Miss J. USD20.00
- Aug 30th Miss J. USD20.00
- Jul 30th Miss J. USD20.00
- Jun 30th Miss J. USD20.00
- May 30th Miss J. USD20.00
5 Responses to “EAWLS donates old ‘Swara’ magazines to school in Tsavo”
Liz, on 24 Oct 2009
Nice!
Vero, on 24 Oct 2009
Keep up the good work Mwalimu.
Iregi Mwenja, on 26 Oct 2009
@ Liz and Vero,
Asante
Anna M, on 28 Oct 2009
Excellent work Iregi, this is so important in my opinion..
sharon, on 13 Nov 2009
Iregi, this is a great and effective way to reach out. Glad you are there, I know you are having an impact. Keep it up.
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