SWT-Community-Outreach-Report-January-to-March-2025

JANUARY TO MARCH 2025 QUARTERLY REPORT

SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM 1

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust continues to support marginalised communities and schools bordering Tsavo National Parl Our daily school lunch program, which was established in 2021, donates supplies of rice, maize, beans and oil to 8 local schools.

The children attending these schools are from impoverished backgrounds and this food is often the only food they will get throughout the day. Not only does this program see positive eects in their attendance and performance but it also creates much goodwill in the communities and positive attitudes towards wildlife and conservation.

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

1,427 8

Schools Children

6,000

5,940

Kgs of Rice Kgs of Maize

5,580 720

Kgs of Beans Litres of Oil

SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM 2

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust also receives generous support from the Chantecaille Conservation Foundation, which aims to protect natural biodiversity by supporting local communities who live in proximity to it.

This support, which started in 2022, goes towards another school feeding program, which sees some 68 schools and over 14,000 children receive a daily supply of 'uji'; a local porridge made of maize, beans, nuts with added vitamins

SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM

SCHOOL CONSERVATION TRIPS 60 900 30

Children Teachers School Trips

In communities bordering Kenya’s National Parks, children grow up alongside wildlife, but they have few opportunities to learn about the natural world that surrounds them. Many only experience nature through crop-raiding animals and the devastating eects of human-wildlife conict.

More often than not, children view elephants and other animals as threats, without fully appreciating how they support our country’s economy and shape the very environment in which we live It is vital that we give the next generation of Kenyans a reason to value their country’s natural heritage The SWT’s School Conservation Trips oer children an opportunity to enjoy their National Parks and interact with wildlife and natural habitats, whilst learning about ora and fauna and the importance of coexisting and protecting their natural heritage

These fully subsidised school trips see the SWT school bus, an SWT driver and SWT Community Outreach ocer take up to 30 school children and 2 of their teachers into Tsavo East or West National Park. In Tsavo West this full day out starts at the KWS Tsavo West Learning Centre followed by a game drive including stops at the Sheitani lava ow, Mzima Springs and Chaimo Crater. The Tsavo East School Trip involves an exciting visit to either the SWT Voi or Ithumba Elephant Orphans.

SCHOOL CONSERVATION TRIPS

JANUARY TO MARCH 2025

SWT ORPHAN ELEPHANT STOCKADE VISIT

During the month of June the SWT Community Outreach Team led 10 School Trips to Tsavo East National Park During these exciting and fun-lled days out 300 children visited the SWT's Voi Elephant Reintegration Stockades. It is here where a dedicated team of Elephant Keepers care for an orphaned herd of elephants, who are all slowly making the transition back to a wild and natural life in Tsavo East National Park.

These visits are one of the highlights of the trip and the children get the opportunity to interact with the Elephant Keepers and their elephant orphans, learning about the importance of the work of the SWT and the diculties in rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned elephants Most importantly they learn how elephants and other wild creatures come to be orphaned and how everyone can work together to stop it from happening.

COMMUNITY OUREACH

SCHOOL DESK DONATIONS

No. of Schools Cost per Desk Desks Donated

Without a comfortable learning environment, children are unable to concentrate and make the most of their education

For this reason the SWT custom-makes and donated sustainable wooden desks that will last a lifetime, ensuring children don’t have to sit on the oor or share cramped desks that hinder their learning.

In January, February and March the Trust donated 50 desks each to Kimweli Primary, Kalulu Primary, Mtito Primary, Ngwate Primary and Tsavo Primary

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