Environmental Education Programme
About Bana ba Bobirwa
Environmental Education Programme
Bana ba Bobirwa is registered non-profit environmental education programme that teaches children in the Bobirwa district about the importance of conserving wildlife and conservation. The children’s Programme was established by Tanya McKenzie in 2009 and ran successfully until the Covid year. Then through the pandemic and various other circumstances, it has now evolved into Bana ba Bobirwa.
Motivated young environmentalists
To create motivated young environmentalists who ensure that Botswana’s natural heritage is sustained and protected.
Teach Life Skills
To teach the children life skills which are not taught in the typical Botswana school curriculum and which they can utilise on a day-to-day basis.
Inspiring Future Leaders
To expose village children to the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, inspiring them to become leaders of a workforce in the wildlife, conservation and tourism arenas.
Empower Children
To broaden the outlook of the children and empower them to be confident outside of the traditional academic environment. Children who are not academic achievers get the opportunity to excel in other areas.
Bana ba Bobirwa’s Mission
- To re-introduce environmental education within the 6 primary schools
- To expand the programme within five years to include Junior and Senior Secondary School students within the region.
- To engage with various Tertiary Education Facilities and to offer scholarships to deserving students who show aptitude and enthusiasm for being employed in the wildlife and tourism sector.
‘If children grow up not knowing about nature and appreciating it, they will not understand it, and if they don’t understand it, they won’t protect it, and if they don’t protect it, who will?”
– Sir David Attenborough
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