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Sponsored student Agripa Zulu in grade 11 was elected President of our main Conservation Club and was one of 14 students selected to travel to Australia for the Tisamale Global Exchange.
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URGENT, FUNDS REQUIRED!
We are still urgently seeking financial support to carry out the rest of our flagship 2019 outdoor learning programmes, so any donations are much appreciated to continue our critical work in protecting Zambia's natural and cultural heritage!
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Dear <<First Name>>,
The first term of 2019 saw many new Conservation Club members signing up and new areas visited with the Mobile Education Unit. Now covering seven Chiefdoms, with so many new people, we have gone back to teaching the basics of conservation.
Our Education Team has pulled together well under Corey's leadership and we have put in some solid skills building throughout term one.
Anna, Corey and Philip are chaperoning 14 stellar students in Adelaide, Australia as part of the Tisamale Global Exchange - part two.
We urgently need funds for Children in Nature, <<First Name>>, or we will have to drop important parts of these outdoor programmes. Please help us here.
Enjoy this quick round up of all we do for the wildlife and communities!
Enjoy the read....
Anna & Steve Tolan
and the Chipembele Team
P.S. Catch the latest happenings at Chipembele by following us on Facebook and now Instagram
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CHIPEMBELE'S FIRST TERM 2019
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EDUCATION TEAM DEVELOPMENT
We believe in investing in our team
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Corey Jeal works with representatives from other NGOs in Zambia, analysing gender challenges, at a CSEF2 Gender Mainstreaming workshop.
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Philip at a capacity building workshop on freshwater ecosystems hosted by ZGF and WWF Zambia. Lessons learned will apply to our education and outreach.
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Educators completed a 6-week online course: a Community Action Project framework called "Making Moves", seen here in action at a Nsefu Day School tree planting activity.
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CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAMME
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We have many new members this term, so it is back to basics. Our 31 Conservation Club activities focused on the fundamentals of conservation and environmental science such as: animals and energy flows, plants and ecosystems. (3 images below)
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Club Matrons and Patrons from all four zones participated in skilling up workshops. Topics included conservation education, conservation issues and what we expect from them and their Clubs. Feedback was positive and we will make this an annual event. (1 image below)
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Field trips into South Luangwa National Park are always a favourite. One of the joys about outdoor education is there is always something to be learned from observing nature! We had an exceptional sighting of leopard, and as always, the endemic Thornicroft's giraffe. ( 2 images below -Photos by Edward Selfe)
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Corey attended Women's Day and Youth Day celebrations at the District administrative headquarters of Mambwe in March with our friends from the Zambian Carnivore Programme. Chipembele shows support of local government festivities that highlight important national priorities. (1 image below)
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Dan and Daniel were live on air at the local radio station. They highlighted the importance of our ecosystems and the threats faced. Listeners called in with questions. (Dan below)
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Chipembele graduates, Jacob Mphasi (left in red jeans) and Meya Sakala (centre), pass the torch to younger students by leading conservation based activities with grade 5 Club members. This is the perfect example of Chipembele's conservation mentorship and leadership in action!
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Our Mobile Education Unit is out and about!
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The team are concentrating on the basics of conservation and caring for the natural environment - such as deforestation. Now working in several new schools, we have also established new Conservation Clubs.
Our Educators are using a Community Action Project framework for the first time. People will put new knowledge into direct action - such as tree planting. Lessons on seed collection and germination will follow.
(Below 1.JK Banda and 2.Philip.)
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Conservation through sports
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In Mnkhanya Chiefdom, a successful litter picking initiative was conducted via a conservation-through-sports approach. To join the teams or play in the competitions you have to collect rubbish! A huge success!
(2 images below)
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A huge thanks to our donors sponsoring students, many of whom are key members of our clubs and activities.
Our mission is vibrantly alive in this generation! We have a total of 63 sponsored students, most at the secondary level with 10 at tertiary level. All are progressing well with their studies.
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Primary and Secondary students
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Precious Mbewe, grade 11, was elected Vice President of our main Conservation Club. She is one of 14 students selected to travel to Australia. (Above)
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Douglas Nkhoma, an active Conservation Club member earned fantastic marks at Kakumbi Primary School. He is now continuing as a boarder at Mfuwe Day Secondary School. (Above)
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Penny Kamungwa, studying environmental education at University of Zambia, helps clean up Lusaka. (Above)
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Third year students Rodgers and Chomba at Zambia Forestry College in Kitwe. (Above).
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TISAMALE GLOBAL CONSERVATION EXCHANGE
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The 'Tisamale Too' Conservation Student Exchange was a roaring success. Fourteen Zambian students from Mfuwe Day Secondary School Conservation Club flew to Adelaide on 14th April to partake in a unique 3 week conservation programme supported by Zoos South Australia. They were escorted by Chipembele staff Anna, Philip and Corey, plus ex-Chipembele student Samson Moyo. Samson had been on a previous Chipembele trip to Australia in 2014 and after training as a film maker he was commissioned to return and film Tisamale. The purpose of the trip was to develop leadership and other life skills in the students who we hope will go on to become Zambia's conservation leaders in the future.
The programme was packed full of activities and learning
- cultural tours,
- home stays,
- camping out in swags,
- adventurous sports (abseiling, knee-boarding and kayaking),
- hands-on conservation,
- a day with a zoo keeper,
- practice fire controls,
- seeing native Australian wildlife up-close in zoos, parks and the wild,
- a day in a school,
- visits to 2 universities.
The Tisamale participants also gave several PowerPoint presentations that always included the highly emotive Zambian singing and dancing. The Zambian students formed very close friendships with the Australian students: the MATZ (Mentors at the Zoo) and the YATZ (Youth at the ZOO). The energy all day every day was incredible and infectious!
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The heart of this conservation exchange the young people themselves. So much creativity, energy and love wherever we went.
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Emma Still, a member of Chpembele's Board and our Creative Director is the creative genius and driving force behind Tisamale, Emma summarised the experience beautifully
“At the closing ceremony, I stood in front of the crowd, arm in arm with Anna, looking, and I mean really looking, at the intergenerational global connections that TIsamale had created. I looked at Anna and I realised that to put it simply, we are two dearly connected friends that love wildlife, love investing in individuals, love providing a platform to make a difference and we enable and support each other to do just that. Living on complete opposite sides of the world is no barrier for such connections.
Looking out at the crowd, at the end of this 3-week conservation exchange… (I could see) so much growth, so much laughter, so much exposure to new ways and actions, so much empowerment. My small coordinating team of youth (TEC) have now risen with such development that we have become a Team of Mentors, on equal ground, all mentoring each other…making myself redundant! Brilliant!
May Tisamale build a fire within you all to find the time to stay connected, take risks, live beyond your dreams, believe in magic, find ways around the road blocks, seek opportunities, and ultimately to live and be your very best self for the betterment of our world. Our wildlife needs such champions.
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At Flinders University an energetic colourful Zambian presentation
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At Innes National Park, South Australia
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A cultural city tour of Adelaide, outside the Art Gallery of South Australia
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Our heartfelt thanks go to the hundreds of people who made a monetary or other donation or helped and supported Tisamale through logistical, practical or moral support and made this incredible life changing programme possible. You shared our belief in a dream and helped make it come true for 14 young Zambians.
Zikomo kwambili! (Thank you very much!)
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Before leaving for Australia, the students were taught to swim by swimming instructor Jenny Waterhouse at Marula Lodge.
Thank you Jenny!
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You can see more photos and Samson's video highlights of our time in Australia on our Facebook page
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That is all for this quarter, see you next time.
Thanks, <<First Name>> for your interest and support!
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