On Sunday the 29th of October 2017, the CCB team embarked on a journey to the Ghanzi District, to conduct participatory planning workshop meetings in the villages of Bere and Kacgae. The objectives of the workshops were to understand the potential opportunities that are available to benefit both communities, challenges they face, what interventions can be put in place in relation to developing their livelihoods, as well as getting to know the role players in the communities and current projects and interventions being undertaken in both villages.
The participatory workshop started at Bere on the 30th- 31st October and proceeded to Kacgae on the 1st - 2nd November. The four days saw CCB staff, together with Professor Kutlwano Molale from the University of Botswana, and the communities unpacking what could lead them to better their livelihoods through various activities. Bere and Kacgae are areas of great significance to cheetah conservation, being located in an important wildlife corridor region between the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. After all, communities that live alongside wildlife play a critical role in their conservation hence the need to bring them into the mainstream of conservation and developmental. Farmers are less likely to lethally remove carnivores when they understand too well that wildlife is not a threat to their livestock and are also able to see the benefits from conservation efforts. These workshops were an exciting time for us and the communities played a huge role and participated very well in this exercise. Only by working together are we be able to help achieve all of our goals in a sustainable manner to benefit our generations and those who will come after
The participatory workshop started at Bere on the 30th- 31st October and proceeded to Kacgae on the 1st - 2nd November. The four days saw CCB staff, together with Professor Kutlwano Molale from the University of Botswana, and the communities unpacking what could lead them to better their livelihoods through various activities. Bere and Kacgae are areas of great significance to cheetah conservation, being located in an important wildlife corridor region between the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. After all, communities that live alongside wildlife play a critical role in their conservation hence the need to bring them into the mainstream of conservation and developmental. Farmers are less likely to lethally remove carnivores when they understand too well that wildlife is not a threat to their livestock and are also able to see the benefits from conservation efforts. These workshops were an exciting time for us and the communities played a huge role and participated very well in this exercise. Only by working together are we be able to help achieve all of our goals in a sustainable manner to benefit our generations and those who will come after
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