If you've been managing to keep up in spite of our computer difficulties and infrequent blogging, you may remember that in Maun we met a couple from Oxford, Tom and Malgosia. They suggested that while we are in the Mfuwe area in Zambia we might like to visit some British people, Steve and Anna, they know who run an environmental education centre for local children ... so we did. It was even more interesting and enjoyable than we expected, and their work in protecting wildlife and the environment goes so much further. Please have a look at their website http://www.chipembele.org/ (and make a donation if you can). We have been carrying around since 2010 a collection made by Ian's colleagues at Areva in Stafford to be used for an educational cause in Africa, and we decided that Chipembele was the organisation that we wanted to give it to. From our experiences so far in Zambia we feel that environmental/conservation education is really essential for the future of the country, and Chipembele are also giving youngsters an extra hand up in life. Brilliant! Steve is also involved in anti-poaching and anti-deforestation activities in the area.
We met Anna on the way in. She was trundling along with a truckload of young people, taking them home after a day at the centre. Steve met us at Chipembele, with Malik, a vervet monkey they have raised, more or less wrapped around his head. But the star of the show has to be Douglas, a young hippo. Have a look at him on you-tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReX9EQk0HEU&feature=youtu.be
Too dark to rtype now.
We met Anna on the way in. She was trundling along with a truckload of young people, taking them home after a day at the centre. Steve met us at Chipembele, with Malik, a vervet monkey they have raised, more or less wrapped around his head. But the star of the show has to be Douglas, a young hippo. Have a look at him on you-tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReX9EQk0HEU&feature=youtu.be
Too dark to rtype now.