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Team Barclays Outpace the Competition at the 2019 International Cheetah Day Quiz

11/28/2019

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Team Barclays members with Rebecca Klein, Executive Director of CCB.
On the 27th of November, Cheetah Conservation Botswana hosted a fun, awareness-raising quiz night in Gaborone in honour of International Cheetah Day (ICD). The 2019 instalment was well received by the private business, other NGO, and general public stakeholders who were invited to register teams of 5 to compete for a bevy of prizes. 
 
Through a partnership with The No.1 Ladies’ Coffee House, the event was hosted at Thapong Visual Arts Centre in Village. Our other event partner, Big Sip Co., added value to the quiz night offerings by producing a limited edition brew - aptly named the ‘Spotted Ale’ - for participants to indulge in. Jan – the brew master behind the specialty ale – called it the fastest brew because it took only 48 hours from inception to perfection. The ale was inspired by characteristics of the cheetah, and Botswana’s premier craft beer company didn’t disappoint in capturing the essence of our beloved feline. 
 
Following welcoming remarks by Rebecca Klein – Executive Director of CCB – the event was off to a heated start. The quiz master for the night was Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile, CCB’s Marketing Officer, who took the 12 teams through a rigorous set of 5 question rounds. Categories included Miscellaneous Facts, Pop Culture, Geography, and Conservation. With questions ranging from UNESCO Heritage Sites, to the fastest animal on earth (which just so happens to not be the cheetah), to the number of districts north of Mochudi, team compositions were fundamental to their success because the scope of knowledge needed to win was quite broad. 
 
The team which proved themselves to be the best on the night was ‘Team Barclays’, and hot on their heels in second place were ‘Motivators of Positive Change’ from Bank Gaborone. Each of the teams which participated in the quiz walked away with a prize as we’d received generous support from those we had approached. The top prize was from Big Sip Co. – a brewery tour including tastings for the team, branded glassware, and the specialty brew.
 
CCB is grateful for the support shown by the private sector for our efforts in broadening the reach of our education and awareness-raising. Through occasions such as ICD we are able to engage people who might have never considered the plight of the cheetah and the role we can play as people to ensure that they are celebrated and conserved for generations to come. A fun night was had by all, and it is our hope that each connection made will result in stronger working relationships going forward. 
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Conservation Story Illustration Engages Students

11/20/2019

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Cheetah Conservation Botswana devised a fun, engaging activity aimed at primary school students for International Cheetah Day 2019. The activity focused on raising awareness through the age old craft of storytelling. 14 primary schools were selected for this activity from the Ghanzi District and Gaborone. Britz Malepe and Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile, of the Engagement and Awareness team, collaborated on writing a conservation story about a special boy who saves a cheetah. The story was delivered to the schools in October 2019 in preparation for the activity in November.  

With the help of Std. 4-6 teachers in the participating schools, the story was read to the students circa the 8th of November 2019. Following the storytelling activity, the students were tasked with illustrating one of six scenes selected from the story to meet a deadline on the 15th of November. Submitted illustrations will be reviewed by CCB, with the best going into the final storybook to be produced for ICD 2020 - which will feature both the English and Setswana versions of the story. This project aims to build a long-term project which combines literacy and conservation promotion among young children in Botswana, and around the world.  

According to Macie Hall, a Senior Instructional Designer at Johns Hopkins University, images can be an effective way of presenting abstract concepts or groups of data. She continues to say, instructors have reported that their use of images in the classroom has led to increased students’ interactivity and discussion. Teaching with images can also help develop students’ visual literacy skills, which contributes to their overall critical thinking skills and lifelong learning.  

The 2017 Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) statistical analysis for the primary school leaving examinations reported that the South East District has the highest proportion of grade A (24.72%) while Ghanzi has the least Grade A (6.52%) and has the largest proportion of Grade D (39.10%). With one of the highest populations of cheetahs in the country, the Ghanzi District is a focal area for CCB. The success of CCB’s interventions is dependent on people’s conservation knowledge improving.  

As the Setswana saying goes: “lore le ojwa le sale metsi”, meaning that it’s better to groom good habits in young people while their thinking is malleable. CCB hopes to inspire young children to become avid conservationists one story at a time. 
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