Africa our Home
Foreword by Beatrice Karanja
Africa, storytelling, and wildlife are often whispered in the same breath.
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.
Africans have long used the natural world as a guide, a map and a tool.
It is with no doubt that Africa, Our Home, this latest edition from PACE and Tusk Trust will do the same for young, bright minds across Africa.
This book will transport children from landscapes and places that they know to new and different places. As a learning tool, Africa, Our Home, will expand their knowledge of how to interact with nature and allow them to explore their continent through compelling, well-structured illustrations and examples.
By showcasing conservation best practices across the continent, this book will broaden the horizons of Africa’s future generations and give them the opportunity to immerse themselves into their natural heritage. It will inspire them early on to look for ways in which they can help conserve and sustain healthy environments, and how they can play a role in creating a future where they can lean on and learn from wildlife and nature in positive, meaningful ways.
It is my honour to foreword this new edition of PACE’s learning book – Africa, Our Home.
It does take a village to raise a child and PACE, Tusk Trust and the many others who contributed to this publication are testament to that.
Learn, Grow and Be.
Beatrice Karanja
Tusk Trustee
PACE Pack – Full Index of Resources
Topic Content
- Living with Wildlife
- Animals need Homes
- How many lions are enough? | Population Genetics
- Baboons in our wells, Elephants in our maize, and Mice in our grainstores
- Predators
- Protect Your Livestock
- From Hunt to Harvest
- Trophy Hunting
- Conservation is bursting with Opportunities
- Working in Conservation
- Living Cathedrals
- Living with Wildlife Activities x4
Water – Full Index of Resources
Action Sheets
- Water for Life
- Health Problems from a Lack of Water
- Health Problems from Unsafe Water
- Developing a Plan for Community Water Security
- Roofwater Harvesting
- Runoff Water Harvesting
- Rock Catchment Rainwater Harvesting
- Getting Groundwater – Safer Wells and Waterholes
- Subsurface Dams
- Useful Water Pumps
- Spring Protection
- Safe Water Transport and Storage
- Ferrocement Tanks
- Brick Tanks for Roofwater Storage
- Making Water Safe for Drinking and Cooking
- Water Filters
- Solar Pasteurisation
- Building Toilets
- Wash Your Hands
- Making Soap
- Water Hyacinth
Soil – Full Index of Resources
Topic Content
- Soil introduction
- How the soil is made
- The wonder underfoot
- Erosion alert
- Nurture the soil as you would a human being
- Feeding the soil
- Sheltering the soil
- Conservation farming
- Water is scarce and precious
- Monoculture, versus Crop diversity
- Look after the (soil) creatures who look after you
- We can work together, for our soil
- Activities
Action Sheets
- Conservation Farming
- Practical Composting
- Making Tea for Plants
- Natural Pest and Disease Control
- Mulching
- Agroforestry
- Planting Nitrogen Fixing Trees
- Planting Fodder Banks for Livestock
- Growing Fruit and Nut Trees
- Green Manure/Cover Crops for Biomass Transfer
- Living Fences
- Windbreaks
- Saving Soil and Water on Sloping Land
- Drip Irrigation
- Buried Clay Pot Irrigation
- Rainwater Harvesting For Crops
- Setting up a Community Seed Bank
Trees & Forests – Full Index of Resources
Topic Content
Energy – Full Index of Resources
Living by the Ocean – Full Index of Resources
Topic Content
- Living by the Ocean introduction
- Wildlife wonders of the sea
- The sea is one
- Mangroves
- Fishing, in the ocean
- Pollution
- It’s a numbers game – sustainable fishing
- Many ways of catching fish are harmful
- Common resources need cooperation to care for them
- Treasure – the ocean is a precious resource
- Look to the future – keystone species
- Activities