Monthly Report
December 2021
5. Community Conservation, Environmental education & Ecotourism Funders
Activities □ School outreach programme: Continued the 2021-2022 programme: 9 schools, 30 classes, and 1800 school children; monthly efforts: 57 men.hours □ Saturday Nature Club: Postponed until 2022 □ Special event: Organised a Beach Clean Up with the kids of the partner schools and in partnership with the African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO) The goal was to sensitize the population to the importance to take action to keep the beauty of Limbe, to promote eco-tourism in the city and the South-West Region, protect human health and wildlife. The garbage collection service of the city, Hysacam, gently took part in the action and collected all the plastic trash the kids had picked up (Images 32-35).
□ Christmas event: Organised a special day of activities for the children of the staff of the Limbe Wildlife Centre: Christmas tree decoration, storytelling, handicraft, song, dance and a lot of fun for the kids! (Images 36-37) □ Design of 4 new billboards in partnership with the African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO) highlighting the beauty of marine wildlife and their threats (Images 38-41) □ Art4Nature: Continued to produce billboards, posters, and radio podcasts to promote forest ecosystem preservation. □ Green project: 52 community members benefited from the Community-based Green Economy; 15 ex-hunter members sustainably harvesting wild herbaceous plants: 799.5 kg of Aframomum stems and 707 kg of Costus stems; 37 women members harvesting crop by-product: 916 kg of cassava leaves, 2518 kg of papaya
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