Did you know that the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya were started by Kagumo High School Students?
The first wildlife club in Kenya was formed at Kagumo High School in 1966 by a group of secondary school students who wanted to study wildlife and visit the national parks in Kenya.
The tudents at Kagumo High School in Nyeri, Kenya wrote to the national Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife and asked how they might learn more about Kenyan wildlife. This simple query started an unprecedented youth movement, first within Kenya and eventually across the continent.
The Ministry asked ( African Wildlife Foundation ) AWF to assist the students, and soon these exceptional youth were organizing a countrywide wildlife seminar, which led to the formation of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya. The clubs would offer their members field trips to see wildlife, mobile education programs, and, in later years, activities such as tree-planting and invasive plant removal. By 1979, there were 439 Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, boasting a total of 20,000 members.
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17 сен 2024
