The eleCREW Education Program sits at the very heart of our project and is central to achieving our aims and objectives.
The basic introductory program, known as ‘Through the Eyes of an Elephant’, is a half-day elephant focused activity designed to challenge perceptions, inform about conservation issues and educate participants on innovative solutions for communities coexisting with elephants. The basic program is highly beneficial for communities coexisting with elephants and school groups.
Members of the general public are also invited to participate in this powerful and immersive experience and learn about the conservation and coexistence challenges facing elephants and communities in North-Western Zimbabwe. All participation fees and donations are used to support eleCREW’s Community, Research, Education and Welfare programs.
The Education programme has been running since 2018 and is already having a positive impact on conservation and coexistence efforts in our region.
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Conserving our environment one elephant at a time
The eleCREW Education Program sits at the very heart of our project and is central to achieving our aims and objectives
The basic introductory program, known as ‘Through the Eyes of an Elephant’, is a half-day elephant focused activity designed to challenge perceptions, inform about conservation issues and educate participants on innovative solutions for communities coexisting with elephants. The basic program is highly beneficial for communities coexisting with elephants and school groups.
Members of the general public are also invited to participate in this powerful and immersive experience and learn about the conservation and coexistence challenges facing elephants and communities in North-Western Zimbabwe. All participation fees and donations are used to support EleCREW’s Community, Research, Education and Welfare programs.
The Education programme has been running since 2018 and is already having a positive impact on conservation and coexistence efforts in our region.
Since its inception, our Education program has reached over 500 children and elders living in target communities.
The Education Program is also a key component of our Community Empowerment Program. It is intended to be the first step in developing an ongoing engagement with affected communities. This acts as a gateway by changing attitudes in these individuals, allowing them to think of elephants as important sentient beings, rather than big dangerous crop raiders. This leads to the adoption of innovative and sustainable coexistence solutions such as better farming methods, chilli fences and chilli brick deployment to protect crops.
For community and school participants, the Education Program is totally sponsored. Neither the schools nor communities taking part need to make any financial contribution – eleCREW and its partner organisations provide transportation where required.
After initially trialling these workshops with 4 to 12 year olds we could see how well the workshops were received. Some key conservation messages were getting through to these bright young minds – from plastic pollution, to biodiversity loss and even climate change. We are pleased to say that Diana has been keen to continue to run the workshops regularly and is happy to see increasing numbers of children join every time. One parent even told us that it was the ‘highlight of their child’s week’, seeing Diana through an internet video and getting to colour topic relevant pictures whilst learning keywords.
Our goal is to share the program and the experience with the Ambassador Herd, with 5000 children, youth and affected community members by the end of 2025.
We also intend on developing several further programs to add as a rounded curriculum on living with elephants, these are:
How to Behave Around Elephants to Avoid Conflict
Understanding Elephant Behaviour
Toolbox of Humane Conflict Mitigation Techniques
Become an Elephant Researcher
Elephant Welfare and Caring for Elephants
The Ecology of Living with Elephant
Pays for equipment & chillis needed for a training session with a single village on chilli mitigation techniques
Pays for a site visit & training for one village on appropriate crop protection measures from elephants
Pays for a smartphone for a Community Guardian
Pays for phone credit for a Community Guardian for a year
Covers all costs for a Community Guardian for a month – that’s one village protected!
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