COVID Secure education – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

Teachers and students take their learning home
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Teachers and students take their learning home

Africa, Conservation Education, Corona virus, COVID Secure education, ESD, Hand washing, Healthy families, Hygiene, PACE, Sebakwe COnservation & Education Centre, TUSK, Zimbabwe

Teachers and students take their learning home

The battle against covid continues. In November SCEC (Sebakwe Conservation & Education Centre) in Zimbabwe's Midlands reached out to ten primary schools in their area, encouraging hand washing and the use of face masks among teachers and students. "One of our objectives was to increase hand washing points in the schools, especially at the entrance into the schools, at the toilet blocks, and near entrances into the classrooms. None of the schools had hand washing points at their toilets." Some [...]

By PACE|2021-01-15T00:59:34+00:00January 11th, 2021|Africa, Conservation Education, Corona virus, COVID Secure education, ESD, Hand washing, Healthy families, Hygiene, PACE, Sebakwe COnservation & Education Centre, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Medicinal plant gardens – New PACE Action Sheet
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Medicinal plant gardens – New PACE Action Sheet

Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, ESD, Health, Healthy families, Home school activities, Income generation, ISTP, PACE, Quality Education, Teachers Africa, TUSK

Medicinal plant gardens – New PACE Action Sheet

PACE (Pan African Conservation Education) shares environmental success stories, practical ways in which people have overcome local problems. Our new Action sheet on Medicinal Plant Gardens is one such source of inspiration for educators and individuals in these challenging times. Most people know some local plants that have health benefits, but may not know how to grow them or not realize they can be cultivated. There are many 'medicinal' plants that people use on a daily basis, species that are now [...]

By PACE|2020-12-09T13:44:49+00:00November 27th, 2020|Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, ESD, Health, Healthy families, Home school activities, Income generation, ISTP, PACE, Quality Education, Teachers Africa, TUSK|0 Comments

New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field
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New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field

Africa, Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK

New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field

Huge thanks to DHL and their staff for continuing to sponsor the distribution of PACE materials. An efficient, COVID-secure pick up of 250 kg of new materials this afternoon - already en route to some of our fantastic partners in the field. This latest consignment, which includes banners, posters, films, educators guides, action sheets and booklets has printed resources and digital versions on the new PACE USB stick. Now that schools have started to resume after months of closure it [...]

By PACE|2020-10-14T23:20:49+01:00October 14th, 2020|Africa, Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Covid-secure Conservation Education
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Covid-secure Conservation Education

Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, ESD, Lapalala Wilderness School, Quality Education, South Africa

Covid-secure Conservation Education

Reduced income, school closures and the need for social distancing has required a major readjustment for conservation education providers across the continent. Lapalala Wilderness School in South Africa runs residential courses for local school children, visits more than 40 schools, mentors youth and trains teachers. They have been forced to suspend all these programmes. Despite the challenges the Lapalala team remains very active. Each working close to their homes, [...]

By PACE|2020-07-15T15:12:45+01:00July 15th, 2020|Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, ESD, Lapalala Wilderness School, Quality Education, South Africa|0 Comments