HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL!

Dear <<First Name>> 

Anna and Steve Tolan

ELEPHANT CHARGE 2020 - A WIN!

MENTORS AT CHIPEMEBELE (MAC)
NETWORKING WORKSHOP

The Mentors at Chipembele (MAC) is a year-long youth development programme for eight exceptional school leavers who have been starred for support in their careers or further education in conservation.  
We are very proud that Micara, Presence and Abraham, who all completed the MAC programme have started university and are all studying conservation related degrees. Shylet has been offered a place at college in January to study for a diploma in natural resource management.



From left to right, top to bottom: Micara, Presence, Corey (Conservation Education Manager), Abraham and Shylet. We wish them all the very best in the years ahead and feel sure they will all become some of Zambia's future conservation leaders! 

Our Community Conservation Educators are also involved in the mentoring workshops for the MAC on ‘life after school’ which included tips and advice on successful networking, writing CVs and how to tailor your application to the job description in order to put your best foot forward.

Many thanks to the Livingstone Foundation for their
financial support of the programme. 

See a video about the MAC programme
On You Tube by Mosam Media here
or click on the video below!

ENERGY EFFICIENT STOVE DISTRIBUTION

Chipembele partnered with Greenway Appliances to distribute 930 energy efficient stoves to households without electricity in the local community who rely on firewood or charcoal for cooking. 





We look forward to seeing positive outcomes from this initiative, as pressure on our local forests is reduced.
 

Many thanks to Greenway Appliances for making
this impactful initiative possible. 

RADIO PRESENTATION TRAINING

Above, Thandiwe Mweetwa, Project Manager-Luangwa at Zambian Carnivore Programme presenting at the radio training.

The COVID restrictions encouraged us to think more creatively about the delivery of our programmes. One of the initiatives was particularly successful - Conservation Hour on the local radio. We partnered with Conservation South Luangwa and the Zambia Carnivore Programme to broadcast weekly conservation sessions on important issues and with representatives from each organisation engaging in live phone-ins. 



Recently we we invested in some radio presentation training, to support a more polished, professional production for our listeners. Conservation Hour has proved so popular we will be continuing it throughout 2021.   

#conservationsouthluangwa #zambiancarnivoreprogramme

VISIT FROM NORTH LUANGWA CONSERVATION 

We were thrilled to welcome a visit at the Chipembele Conservation Centre, from over 40 people from North Luangwa Conservation Project together with some of their partners. We are now making plans for further collaboration in conservation education in the future.



We were photobombed by Chipazuwa and Trooper, the baboons we once raised as orphaned babies. They are now free and living a wild life but love to engage in high jinx when the opportunity arises! 
 

Visit the North Luangwa Conservation project page: here

CONSERVATION CLUBS

Students in the Conservation Clubs run by Corey, our Conservation Education Manager, eagerly use tablets for the first time. The tablets were kindy donated by Graeme Gisssing of Stop Poaching Now and are loaded with engaging African wildlife and conservation apps.



Mfuwe Secondary School Conservation Club students learn about protected area mangement and design.



Primary school students engage in a fun activity about adaptation and evolution.These lessons not only introduced the concepts of adaption and evolution but looked at what adaptations have evolved in the wildlife we see here, e.g. the giraffe's long neck, bird migrations, etc.



With the rains quickly approaching and all the time lost to COVID our conservation education manager Corey has been working hard to try and get as many pupils into beautiful South Luangwa National Park as possible. 



Our field trips give students the connection to our conservation lessons and foster a love for wildlife. They also remain a firm favourite activity with our Conservation Club members!
 

ANIMAL RESCUE

Over the last few months Anna and Steve have taken in a number of orphaned animals that have really kept them on their toes. Currently under rehabilitation at the Chipembele Centre are 3 baby genets, 4 baby monkeys, two bush piglets and a juvenile monkey, named Nutmeg, who was struck by a car and suffered a serious head injury.  There always seems to be someone who needs feeding with a bottle of milk or a dish of fruit and vegetables!

In addition there are 2 baby baboons who are 9 and 10 months old, recently weaned but still being fed fruit and vegetables while they slowly adjust to outside life and join the local troop.



Twiggy a Vervet Monkey, came into care at 1 or 2 weeks old.



Marcy looks after an even younger baby, Pepper, and carries him everywhere.



Three baby genets in care.



Last but not least... Meet Bristle and Brush, brother and sister orphaned baby bush-pigs, aged about 2 weeks old. The latest young in care. They were found by some children in a muddy river bed after a heavy storm in a remote rural area. They then rescued them and took them to our Community Conservation Educator, Daniel Zulu who immediately contacted Steve and Anna at the Chipembele Conservation Centre. The piglets arrived a week ago and are in great condition. We were so relieved they didn't end up in the pot and are very proud of the children for their kind actions. A tangible example that our programmes work!

Many thanks to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) for their authorisation and support of our rehabilitation work.
 

Thanks to...
Our staff and management

STAFF AND MANAGEMENT
Anna, Steve and the Board of Trustees, sincerely thank each of Chipembele's management and staff for their work in 2020. Their enthusiasm, expertise, dedication and hard work are the drivers behind our mission... to teach Zambian children and communities the value of wildlife and their environment so they may be conserved for present and future generations. 

Well done and thank you to each of you, we look forward to an exciting and impactful 2021!

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
Anna and Steve thank all the members of our Boards of Trustees who volunteer their time and expertise to keep our Zambian charity and our UK charity ticking over and meeting legal requirements.

Your support is much appreciated!

Thanks to our...
Major donors

Alicia Hosking

Bio Carbon Partners

Born Free Foundation

Elephant Charge

Explorations Company

Livingstone Foundation

Olsen Animal Trust

Painted Dog Conservation Inc. 

Remembering Wildlife

Schulprojekte Sambia

Sharron and Bernie Peters

Thanks to our...
Significant donors and for donations-in-kind

Thanks to our...
Partners

Conservation Lower Zambezi

Conservation South Luangwa

Department of National Parks and Wildlife

Game Rangers International

Ministry of Education

Project Luangwa

Wildlife Crime Prevention

Zambian Carnivore Programme

Zambian Primate Project

Thanks to our...
Traditional leadership supporters

Hon. Senior Chief Nsefu

Hon. Chief Kakumbi

Hon. Chief Jumbe

Hon. Chief Malama

Hon. Chief Mnkhanya

Hon. Chief Msoro