Cheetah Conservation Botswana (CCB) put an everlasting smile upon the young faces of 60 students from three junior secondary schools from the Ghanzi District, between the 14th of December 2017 and 29th of January 2018. This time of the year the Kalahari comes alive, and our Tiisano education centre becomes surrounded with luxuriantly green acacia trees and blossoming bushes all scattered over bright limestone that seems to roll on endlessly. For children visiting our bush camp at this time of year, bush trails and nature walks take on a richness and diversity that is seldom seen at other times of year.
This journey started back on the 30th November 2017 when we hosted an inter-school sports competition in Ghanzi to celebrate International Cheetah Day. Through the searing heat, the youngsters pushed and puffed relentlessly to emerge as cheetah champions and to qualify for the prize of these fun-filled bush camps. The winning teams from Ghanzi Senior School, Rethuseng and Itekeng Junior Schools who were all treated to a special bush camp at our education facility. The students enjoyed an array of outdoor games such as the cheetah/livestock coexistence game, an obstacle course, the cheetah survival game, and the food web game. On the second day, the students were taken on a game drive at Tautona lodge in Ghanzi where they marvelled at different animals such as the lions, impalas, springboks, giraffes, ostriches, gemsbok, elands and warthogs. Students also had an opportunity to visit the vulture restaurant at Thakadu, run by Kalahari Research and Conservation where they were given a talk about vulture conservation before being taken on a guided tour to view different species of vultures. It was a fun-filled experience and the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and headed home ready to share the conservation message with their friends and family back home. We hope that by inspiring these youths that they can go on and become ambassadors for environmental conservation, helping to secure our beautiful Botswana for many years to come.
This journey started back on the 30th November 2017 when we hosted an inter-school sports competition in Ghanzi to celebrate International Cheetah Day. Through the searing heat, the youngsters pushed and puffed relentlessly to emerge as cheetah champions and to qualify for the prize of these fun-filled bush camps. The winning teams from Ghanzi Senior School, Rethuseng and Itekeng Junior Schools who were all treated to a special bush camp at our education facility. The students enjoyed an array of outdoor games such as the cheetah/livestock coexistence game, an obstacle course, the cheetah survival game, and the food web game. On the second day, the students were taken on a game drive at Tautona lodge in Ghanzi where they marvelled at different animals such as the lions, impalas, springboks, giraffes, ostriches, gemsbok, elands and warthogs. Students also had an opportunity to visit the vulture restaurant at Thakadu, run by Kalahari Research and Conservation where they were given a talk about vulture conservation before being taken on a guided tour to view different species of vultures. It was a fun-filled experience and the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and headed home ready to share the conservation message with their friends and family back home. We hope that by inspiring these youths that they can go on and become ambassadors for environmental conservation, helping to secure our beautiful Botswana for many years to come.
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