GVI Kenya

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Apr 27 2008 | By: admin

Above: Shimoni’s school children start their afternoon of marine environment education in the classroom 

 The next stop for Year of the Dolphin’s environmental education was Shimoni Primary School, where Kenya Wildlife Service’s Rachel and Jillo taught the children about their marine ecosystems.

Above: Rachel shows DVD’s to bring to life some of the ocean’s wildlife 

The full classes of school children were enraptured by DVDs showing some of the ocean’s most remarkable species, including dolphins and whales, animals that many of the children have never seen despite living next door to the Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Protected Area.

Above: Jillo takes the children through the mangroves to help them understand important ecosystems that they will to play a role in protecting

 The children were then taken outside to look at ecosystems on their own doorstep and investigate how some of the smaller creatures they take for granted play an equally important role in their marine environment. 

Above: Rachel and the children take a close look at some of the marine life they often overlook