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TRAINING NEW TRAINERS

CC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION

WITH SOUTHERN AFRICAN WILDLIFE COLLEGE

PROJECT 1: ACCREDITED TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSE
Principals at SAWC; Sboniso Phakathi and Ashwell Glasson

In April 2019 the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) entered into a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership with CC, aimed at helping both organizations scale up children’s education for sustainable development across Southern Africa. The first objective was to collectively design, develop and institutionally accredit a train-the-trainer program.

By training new coaches, we will build local capacity, support a SAWC outreach program, provide new employment opportunities in vulnerable communities across the region, and help CC to grow from its current delivery of approximately 4000 kids per year.

In April 2019, Director Lesley McNutt and Program Coordinator Dr Hugh Webster from CC took part in a week long strategy workshop with the academic team at SAWC.

A short course template was designed to include all aspects of the CC delivery: theoretical background, core ecology, ethology, and educational principles as well as an opportunity to provide practical teaching experience. Successful students will be accredited with a SAWC short course credit and graduate as competent CC coaches with the knowledge and enthusiasm required to deliver fun, informative lessons of the sort CC and SAWC pride ourselves on.

This process was completed on time and on budget. Institutional accreditation was received in December of 2019.  Our first training program of a new Botswana team was scheduled for April 2020, enabling an additional 1000 children in Botswana in year 1, but has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

PROJECT 2: KIDS CC DELIVERY
In partnership with Investec Rhino Lifeline

Principals at CC: Lesley McNutt and Dr Hugh Webster
Principals at SAWC: Sboniso Phakathi and Professor Mtungwa

In August 2019 CC and SAWC entered into a second formal agreement to deliver a CC after-school program in the villages adjacent to SAWC, acting as an outreach program for the college while also providing an important practical training opportunity for future trainees.

This project forms the pilot phase of our longer term collaboration and is underpinned by the financial and resource support provided by Investec Rhino Lifeline.

Under this agreement SAWC has been able to deliver a three phased CC program. The first was a 6 week children’s program to all 280 grade 5 learners at four primary schools within the Welverdiend – Hlavekisa region. This included a bush day overnight held on campus. Secondly, 273 Bush Rapid Awareness Programmes (RAPs) were delivered to Lumukisa, Sesete and Khokhovela primary schools. The third phase was the delivery of 122 Bush RAPs to grade 5 students from Beretta Primary. In all, 652 local kids were reached by these programs in 2019.

Due to the enthusiastic response from all stakeholders, Investec Rhino Lifeline has agreed to fund a further program year. All kids, coaches and teachers are excited for 2020’s expanded delivery.

SAWC IMPACTS

Participation
652 Grade 5 6-week after-school participants
280 Grade 5 BUSH night participants
273 Grade 5 Bush Day only participants
82% of these participants visited wildlife areas for the first time
122 Grade 5 Rhino RAP program participants
2194 Total programs delivered 

Education
8 schools reached
14 classes involved

Capacity Building
8 school principles informed
6 teachers mentored, educated and participatory in CC lessons
12 coaches and facilitators trained, mentored, and upskilled to teach CC

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