Community Outreach March 2014

COMMUNITY OUTREACH MONTHLY REPORT MARCH 2014 SUMMARY: In March 2014, the DSWT’s Community Outreach program hosted 10 field trips, 5 wildlife film shows, and donated sports equipment and desks.

SCHOOL TRIPS 1. Nzaambani Primary School 2. Nthange Primary School 3. Usalama Primary School 4. Kiunduani Primary School 5. Musiyi Primary School 6. Maikuu Primary School 7. Nthongoni Secondary School 8. Ivingoni Primary School 9. Kasasule Primary School 10. Nthunguni Primary School-2

STUDENTS TEACHERS 5TH March 2014 7TH March 2014 11Th March 2014 13TH March 2014 17Th March 2014 19TH March 2014 21ST March 2014 24TH March 2014 26TH March 2014 31ST March 2014

TOTAL FILM SHOWS 1. Mangelete Memorial 2. Nzaambani Primary School 3. Nthange Primary School 4. Maikuu Primary School 5. Ivingoni Secondary School

26 25 25 25 25 27 26 25 25 25

2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2

254

21

STUDENTS TEACHERS 4TH March 2014 6TH March 2014 8TH March 2014 20TH March 2014 22ND March 2014

TOTAL

87 612 431 240 198

5 15 10 9 11

1550

50

OTHER DONATIONS: INSTITUTION Kithasyo Primary School

DATE 20TH March 2014

Misani Primary School

27TH March 2014

DONATION Sports equipment: 7 balls.

40 Pupils’ desks

MARCH 2014 SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

Over 250 school children aged between 10 and 15 years old got the chance to visit either Tsavo West or East National Park with the DSWT during the month of March. Highlights during the children’s trip included sightings of leopard, wild dogs, large herds of elephants as well as Chaimu Hills and the KWS’s educational centres.

MARCH 2014 SCHOOL WILDLIFE FILM SHOWS The DSWT hosted five video shows in five different schools in Chyulu area during the month. The films shown have been made in both English and Swahili for better understanding by the pupils. This month we showed a film entitled “Gift from our forefathers-Masaai Mara Ecosystem” which highlights how communities can benefit from conservation and shows the Masaai community as a living example. This film is fifty eight minutes and it was shown after each school’s learning time table.

MARCH 2014 SPORTS EQUIPMENT DONATIONS The DSWT donated 3 soccer balls, 2 volleyball balls and 2 netball balls to Kithasyo primary school. This donation came at a good time when the district school balls competition was underway, as most schools in the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA) cannot afford basic sports equipment

MARCH 2014 DESK DONATIONS

The DSWT donated 40 classroom desks to Misani Primary School as part of the Trust’s new Schools4Schools program. Misani Primary is approximately 7kms north from the DSWT field headquarters in Tsavo East. This school faces several challenges including lack of desks, study books, a low number of teachers as well as poor sanitation.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is reliant on your kind support in order to keep our community outreach projects running.

For more information about these projects please visit www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.com/community or email info@dswt.org