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Community education and wildlife conservation in Cape Town, partnering with Marine Primary School.
Project · Cape Town
Wildlife Education at Marine Primary School
In Cape Town, South Africa we worked with our partners at the Marine Primary School to help educate people about African wildlife conservation. Many people in the community don't have a good relationship with local wildlife and view them as pests.
We learned that the school's community was forcibly removed from Cape Town during the Apartheid era and remains impoverished—and the school facilities showed a lack of current government support.
A Community Built on Resilience
The teacher who showed us around, Henriette Voigt, is a bright light—as a couple of students made clear when they ran to greet her on a Sunday. The school had an amazing school and community garden, complete with an outdoor classroom.
The students and staff were extremely grateful for the art supplies we brought. We broke through shyness to share stories about Kids Saving Critters with the African kids—and heard their stories in return.
By sharing what we know about wildlife and listening to what they know about theirs, we built a bridge between communities—and opened doors to a different relationship with the natural world.
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