Zimbabwe

Testing PACE tablets

  For some time we've been experimenting with the best way to make PACE materials available digitally, in areas where internet and power supplies are unreliable.  This month we visited PDC (Painted Dog Conservation) partner schools in the Kariba and Mana Pools areas of northern Zimbabwe.  The schools are in areas where dogs have been sighted, so tend to be remote -  Nyamakate, Chitindiva, Makanda, Gachegache, Chapoto and Masoka.   We took along a set of Children's tablets, and the school conservation [...]

By |2025-06-21T13:26:06+01:00June 21st, 2025|african conservation education, Competency Based teaching, Conservation Education, Digital Literacy, ESD, PACE, Painted Dog Conservation, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

PDC expanding conservation ed in Zimbabwe schools

We are pleased to have helped Painted Dog Conservation, with planning, teaching and training materials and connections, as they take their education programme to Mana Pools area. PDC has a wonderful and long standing education programme. They work with communities and most notably with young people in their schools and through holiday camps - communities that live alongside Painted dogs. Except, some of the dogs moved, away from their established range, into a new area, less busy but where the [...]

By |2024-08-14T15:46:17+01:00August 14th, 2024|Africa, african conservation education, Community outreach, Conservation, Conservation Education, Conservation Education materials, Education, PACE, Painted Dog Conservation, Painted Dogs, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Conservation and sustainability education steaming ahead in Zimbabwe

The new school year (it starts in January) is well under way in Zimbabwe, as is the 2024 Eco Club run by the Ecological Custodians Foundation at Chiswene primary in the south western low veld!     Di Drummond a founder of EGF wrote that  "We have UZ (University of Zimbabwe) students Delma & Eugene taking the classes this year. The new batch of children are very keen, and its exciting to see how this work continues to go onwards and [...]

By |2024-02-16T19:40:07+00:00February 16th, 2024|Africa, Conservation Education, Education, Next Generation of conservation heroes, PACE, Quality Education, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

PACE in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has vast areas of wild land, amazing ecosystems that are important habitat for African wildlife: lion, cheetah, leopard, painted dogs, elephant, buffalo, a plethora of herbivores, bird and aquatic life.     Some of these areas are protected, many are not.  In almost all, there is a need for conservation and sustainability education – to help people better understand the pressures they and the modern world put on the natural  environment, and how we can live well, more sustainably, and [...]

By |2024-02-16T12:40:54+00:00February 12th, 2024|Africa, african conservation education, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, TUSK, Uncategorized, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Ecological custodians on weekend Camp in south west Zimbabwe.

  PACE is proud to be assisting the Ecological Custodians Foundation in south western Zimbabwe. Di Drummond, with help from volunteers and interns has been assisting local schools for years, including Jopempe, Mlelezi and Chiswene schools.   We 're very pleased that PACE materials they received this year have been helpful - providing content, ideas for activities and reading material as ECF started establishing and getting Eco clubs up and running in the area.   ECF ran a first weekend camp for the [...]

By |2023-08-08T12:15:59+01:00August 8th, 2023|Conservation Education, Education, Environment, ESD, PACE, TUSK, Uncategorized, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Chiswene Eco-buddies

  In December we sent PACE resources to Di Drummond, who supports the local school, Chiswene Primary, near her home in Zimbabwe’s low veld. It was only last month that Di’s team were able to access the school.  They had to wait until the water level in a large river dropped low enough to permit crossing. "Two of our interns, and game scouts took the walk across to the school, and held the first club meeting with Grade 5 & 6 [...]

By |2023-04-05T12:46:58+01:00April 6th, 2023|Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Conservation education reducing poaching in Zimbabwe

Amos Gwema, winner of the 2020 Tusk Ranger award, is doing superb work using community-based conservation education to solve wildlife protection crises on the ground. Amos, in Zimbabwe, started his education campaign when he realised the extent to which poachers were taking advantage of rural communities to further unlawful hunting activities.  He uses PACE and other resources to educate communities, including about wildlife crime and problems that result from it, and what they can do to prevent it.  As rural communities [...]

By |2022-10-04T14:43:24+01:00October 4th, 2022|Africa, Anti-poaching, Conservation Education, Conservation evangelism, PACE, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Climate Smart Agriculture

  Climate Smart agriculture, also called Conservation farming is a no till approach.  No plough is used to till the soil.  The lack of tilling maintains soil particle size meaning that more water can infiltrate deeper.  This, with the extra organic matter added to the soil makes farms more resistant to drought, and also to erosion. Soils contain carbon dioxide and extensive ploughing or hand-tilling releases all this carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increasing greenhouse gas emissions. In ‘Conservation Farming’ permanent [...]

By |2021-10-28T00:13:27+01:00October 28th, 2021|Africa, Climate Change, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Soil, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Conservation education back on track in Zimbabwe

Primary schools reopened four weeks ago.  Teachers have had time to catch up, get a routine in place and, importantly, to re-launch the pupils extra-curricular Conservation education. Palloma Pachiti (in yellow) is manager of Sebakwe Conservation Education Centre in the Midlands of Zimbabwe.  She's excited to be revisiting schools that received face masks and help setting up Tippy Taps in January. Inside Palloma's wider programme with the kids she's introducing them to the idea of using 'nudges'  - ways to prompt, [...]

By |2021-04-29T13:59:21+01:00April 29th, 2021|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, ESD, PACE, SCEC Sebakwe Conservation Education Centre, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

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 |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

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