- Award Entered:
Sport for the Environment Award
- Parent Organisation:
Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
- Project Host Nation:
Botswana
- Overview of Project:
Coaching for Conservation (C4C) is the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust’s (BPCT) primary social development program. It focuses on children and stems from the realization that; without the attention and interest of the local young people, Botswana’s conservation aims and the future of Botswana’s spectacular natural resources will remain uncertain. Sport inherently creates a fun environment and is a great mechanism for empowering children. The goal of C4C is to use sport to attract attention and make sport synonymous with healthy lifestyles. Our annual flagship football coaching camp is open to all primary schools. Now in its 6th year, a powerful impact has been created through the collaboration of international coaches, government sports bodies, and specialist conservation educators. They have developed a curriculum that marries football skills to conservation messages through games led by human and animal coaches. When teaching jumping, for example, and the need for agility on the soccer field, the Impala ‘coach’ teaches about his own behavior and the need for awareness, high jumping (agility), and reliance on the “team” (herd) for survival. The core message of the program at every level inspires: Respect for Self, Respect for Others, and Respect for Botswana.
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: 21 Jun 2009 - 03:20 BST
This is a tremendous project. Congratulations on your nomination! Getting children involved in sport is spectacular, but to couple that with conservation is fantastic! Good luck at the awards and many of us here in Canada will be sending positive vibes your way, hoping you will be further recognized.
: 20 May 2009 - 14:23 BST
Thank you! Why Botswana? Botswana is home to the Okavango Delta, a freshwater wetland of global importance. It is the largest Ramsar (International Convention on Wetlands) site on earth and was granted IUCN world heritage status in 1996 by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Supporting some of the world’s largest remaining populations of free roaming African wildlife, it is without doubt one of the important places on earth to study and protect. Also, we have been living and working here since 1989 – originally studying the behavior and ecology of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). African wild dogs are the second most endangered large carnivore in Africa (second only Ethiopian wolves). Botswana is home to an estimated 1800 of the less than 5000 wild dogs that remain in the wild – making the habitats of Botswana important to secure, for wild dogs as well as for all its wildlife and for the human population that depends on them. Lesley
: 27 Apr 2009 - 16:37 BST
Hi. well done on being shortlisted. this is a truly unique category. just wonderig, why botswana? Im not savvy on the wildlife in that area, but is it more in danger than other parts of Africa?