Quality Education – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

PACE at Makuleke, South Africa
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PACE at Makuleke, South Africa

Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Subsistence farming, Teaching conservation, Tree planting, Trees, TUSK, wood energy

PACE at Makuleke, South Africa

The PACE coordinator was in Makuleke, Limpopo Province, in South Africa this month. We were invited by the local Makuleke Park Manager, as part of our collaboration with the Southern Africa Wildlife College. The Makuleke people were one of the first communities to win back land that they were forced off of to create Kruger National Park. They now have full ownership, and co-manage their 22,000 ha of land within the KNP, alongside SAN Parks, the National Park authority. The Makuleke [...]

By PACE|2022-12-24T01:02:57+00:00December 24th, 2022|Africa, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Subsistence farming, Teaching conservation, Tree planting, Trees, TUSK, wood energy|0 Comments

New edition of the PACE reader ‘Africa our Home’
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New edition of the PACE reader ‘Africa our Home’

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, DHL, ESD, Quality Education, Teachers Africa, TUSK, Uncategorized

New edition of the PACE reader ‘Africa our Home’

"For long, children have been told tales woven from the natural world's 'behaviours and occurrences' and spun into stories that have life skills at their core. Most of these stories gave African children a glimpse into their cultures, their history and most important of all, how to live and interact with nature. It is with no doubt that 'Africa, our Home' will do the same for young bright minds across Africa. It will transport children from landscapes and places they know [...]

By PACE|2021-08-02T19:04:05+01:00August 2nd, 2021|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, DHL, ESD, Quality Education, Teachers Africa, TUSK, Uncategorized|0 Comments

School environment club planting trees in Maroua
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School environment club planting trees in Maroua

Africa, Cameroon, Climate Change, Conservation Education materials, COVID Secure education, desertification, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, Sahel, TUSK

School environment club planting trees in Maroua

April and May are the hottest months in the Far north region of Cameroon. Temperatures range between 36 and 42, sometimes 46 oC - pretty challenging for indoor classes when there is no air conditioning. At Jacques de Bernon Catholic School in Maroua because of these extreme temperatures and as a a covid precaution, lessons have moved outside. It has made the teachers and learners appreciate the shade of mango trees planted on campus by the school's founders. The situation has [...]

By PACE|2021-05-06T10:08:05+01:00May 6th, 2021|Africa, Cameroon, Climate Change, Conservation Education materials, COVID Secure education, desertification, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, Sahel, TUSK|0 Comments

PACE Films and Action Sheets now on a USB stick
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PACE Films and Action Sheets now on a USB stick

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PACE Films and Action Sheets now on a USB stick

PACE is about sharing environmental success stories, sharing solutions to common problems between communities across Africa. Our multi-media educational materials - the PACE pack - are central to this. Until recently the PACE pack included a DVD and a CD. The DVD contained the PACE films. The films show people from across the continent who have found simple ways to make life easier and better for themselves and for the wildlife they live alongside. The CD contained our Action [...]

By PACE|2021-01-15T00:54:30+00:00January 15th, 2021|Africa, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Quality Education, Teaching conservation, TUSK|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

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

Stay alert to Corona Virus
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Stay alert to Corona Virus

Activities, Africa, Botswana, Coaching Conservation, Corona virus, Education, ESD, Face masks, Health, Hygiene, PACE, Quality Education, School, TUSK

Stay alert to Corona Virus

PACE Educators - Corona virus remains a danger. PLEASE continue to protect yourselves and encourage those around you to wash hands, use social distancing and wear facemasks. If you know anyone without access to facemasks why not demonstrate how they they can make their own. This easy to make design from Coaching Conservation in Botswana is a simple, practical, no-cost option. If you are back at school or around children in the community making facemasks is an activity that supports craft, design [...]

By PACE|2020-07-01T11:32:09+01:00July 1st, 2020|Activities, Africa, Botswana, Coaching Conservation, Corona virus, Education, ESD, Face masks, Health, Hygiene, PACE, Quality Education, School, TUSK|0 Comments

A fun, creative, no-cost, environmentally friendly activity for kids with time on their hands – Paper mache
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A fun, creative, no-cost, environmentally friendly activity for kids with time on their hands – Paper mache

Activities, Conservation Education, Education, Home school activities, Quality Education, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Sustainability, Uncategorized

A fun, creative, no-cost, environmentally friendly activity for kids with time on their hands – Paper mache

Paper mache has always been a favourite PACE project - popular with education authorities, schools, teachers, students, and just about everyone else as well. Paper mache costs nothing, makes use of everyday materials that would otherwise be waste, is creative (the list of things you can make is almost endless), helps keep our environment clean, reduces our environmental footprint, and can even raise a little income if we make attractive items people will buy! Some of the items you could make [...]

By PACE|2020-04-03T14:48:48+01:00April 2nd, 2020|Activities, Conservation Education, Education, Home school activities, Quality Education, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Sustainability, Uncategorized|0 Comments

PACE welcomes IMPEQ scholars from West, Central and East Africa.
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PACE welcomes IMPEQ scholars from West, Central and East Africa.

Conservation Education, Education, ESD, IMPEQ, PACE, Quality Education, Rwanda

PACE welcomes IMPEQ scholars from West, Central and East Africa.

IMPEQ (International Master Program on Educational Quality for developing countries) is a special Masters program organized by the Unversity of Bamberg - Germany, co-hosted by the Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS) in Butare - Rwanda. It is a two year program sponsored by Bread for The World (BROT) and the German development fund, provided for experienced educators from BROT partner organisations that are in various ways improving education quality in their respective countries across Africa. Currently there are [...]

By PACE|2020-03-05T14:05:08+00:00March 13th, 2020|Conservation Education, Education, ESD, IMPEQ, PACE, Quality Education, Rwanda|0 Comments