Sensitisation and Awareness Program for Rural Children
Sensitisation and Awareness Program for Rural Children
Our sensitisation and awareness program aims to inform and educate young audiences in rural areas on the various environmental challenges existing today such as climate change, forest degradation, illegal poaching and human-wildlife conflict – with a special focus on elephant conservation. The program engages learning tools such as games and simulations, debates, discussions, presentations, and artwork to stimulate young audiences to pave the way for positive environmental change.
As part of our mission to protect elephants in the wild, we have organised a series of activity-based workshops for rural school children focusing on environment and wildlife conservation in our Hati Bondhu base camp, located in Chapanala, Assam. The workshops allow us to inform young audiences of different age groups on the various environmental challenges that confront our society today. Our sensitisation and awareness workshops are conducted in the Hati Bondhu training centre, once a week. We engage learning tools such as games, plays, discussions, and presentations to stimulate students from different academic backgrounds. We are currently expanding our program outreach from 2021 by extending our scope of participation to senior students studying in neighboring colleges and universities near Chapanala. The goal is to create dialogue among the youth living in rural areas on multiple environmental issues – especially human and elephant conflict. Our program also sponsors resource persons – such as local environment entrepreneurs, activists, conservationists, practitioners – to help facilitate workshops and impart their field knowledge and experiences.