On the weekend of 29.10 - 31.10.2021, 22 Junior Rangers from Thamalakane and Moremi Primary School came together with their teachers Mr Fraizer and Mr Mangope, who are responsible for the Junior Rangers at the schools, and five Junior Ranger trainers from FEYS Mundu, Bogaufi, Ediseng, Kefilwe and Pretty for the first camp under the project "Biodiversity and Species Conservation".

The camp was set up at the Boteti River - directly opposite Makgadikgadi National Park. Together with the trainers, teachers and three professional safari guides Ofentse Legase, Kabelo Kgafela and Isa Satheba, the children went on game drives in the area and learned a lot about the area and the animals living there.

Expert Walona Sehularo from Elephants for Africa visited the camp to talk about his education work with local farmers and the issue of human-wildlife conflict.

The Junior Rangers were thrilled! For all of them it was their first time in the bush and seeing wild animals. After the excursions, back at camp, the children were able to learn more about the wild animals they saw with the help of the booklet on native animals "Mammals around us".
The children found the topic "food chain" and the fact that everything in nature is interdependent and perfectly coordinated with each other particularly exciting.

To deepen the complex topic of biodiversity with the Junior Rangers, the three safari guides will visit the schools again.
The topic of biodiversity will also accompany the Junior Rangers in their educational units in the coming weeks and months. More camps in the bush are also planned!

We would like to thank the trainers, teachers and safari guides for their great support!