Community Outreach Holds a Series of Workshops

The Community Outreach department made the month of October a super busy month and hosted a number of workshops in various areas in the country. First it was a mini market day in Kokong, Mabutsane District on the 24th of October 2012. The purpose of the event was to bring together all the community service providers in the district to address the community on the ways in which they can improve their lives using the existing services of various organizations in their region. Various government and non-government organizations including CCB attended this activity. CCB then moved on to facilitate at the training of small stock farmers in Ramatlabama Agricultural Centre. The training was organized by the Department of Animal Production (DAP) under the small stock section where CCB trained 18 farmers on the correct identification of livestock loss, preventing losses, the training and care of livestock guarding dogs.
Then there was a tragedy in Machaneng where a number of small stock was destroyed by an unknown predator, thought to be cheetahs. DWNP appealed to CCB to intervene and a workshop was organized for the farmers to sensitize them and to investigate with their help what this predator could be. An open discussion led the participants to a conclusion that the predator responsible was a caracal given all the facts. Methods to reduce losses to caracals were suggested and discussed and the farmers were very pleased with the information and intervention made by CCB in its partnership with DWNP. Everyone agreed to commit themselves to more effort towards ensuring that no more livestock be killed following the intervention.