Photo Presentation Presented by Okatoie Safaris & Tours (pvt.) Ltd. Melanie Assauer 00263 915 156 297 okatoie@gmail.com www.okatoie.com P.O. Box 133 Kasibo/ Hwange Zimbabwe Game Scout Training – Self help and conservation
CURRENT SITUATION For the first training 16 participants had been selected out of the Kasibo and Matetsi villages in Hwange district/ Zimbabwe. In both communities 80% of the population is affected by unemployment and all consequences. Less education and the lack of workplaces causes the abuse of the environment, natural resources and press the unprivileged local population still into poaching. In close cooperation with both communities Okatoie Safaris & Tours pursues the villagers (re ‐ ) integration into social and financial self acting. Sustainable projects, like this one here presented further education training, shall create long lasting jobs and income. Besides that, by employing qualified Game Scouts, conservation and wildlife protection is implemented. Drill and sports at the camp
AIMS Applicants wait for their interviews Tree poaching causes dried out areas like this For the local population For Flora and fauna � The stop of poaching � Education and enhancing workplace integration � Bush fire prevention � Social participation � Regeneration of neglected areas by � Employment at Okatoie Safaris & Tours management and control � � Re – win of wild game by protecting the animal Financial independence corridors and supplying water points � Sustainable activities to conserve the living � Re – win of flora stock by cultivating and environment and to protect the existing protecting existing plants recourses � Extending flora and fauna activities to � Arising conflicts between human and wild to neighbour farms for borderless conservation projects minimize game attacks
THE TRAINER � Wisdom B. Neshavi � Tourim manager � Game Scout � Experienced teacher � Concession manager � Founder and Manager of Okatoie Safaris & Tours (pvt.) Ltd. � Bongani Dlodlo Wisdom B. Neshavi Director of Okatoie and Game Scout Trainer � Game Scout � Camp Scout � Instructor experience � Ophias Makhalima Volunteer work at Okatoie Safaris & Tours (pvt.) Ltd. Game Scout and Sport teacher � Ophias Makhalima � Game Scout Bongani Dlodlo – Teacher and Game Scout � Sport trainer � Volunteer work at Okatoie Safaris & Tours (pvt.) Ltd. Based on teaching experience and further educations, Wisdom B. Neshavi ‐ together and supported by Bongani Dlodlo – developed the training program for Game Scouting. The concept is oriented on qualified proofed programs. Okatoie certificates the succeeded participants. The police department of the Hwange district submitted the Game Scout activities of certified trainees.
TRAINING SUBJECTS PRACTICAL � Drill and sport � Anti poaching techniques Turning, marching, Anti ‐ aggressive ‐ techniques, tracking, documentation, defusing traps, etc.; � Tracking � Animal identification Drill and sports at the camp � Navigation and Communication Radio, GSM and manual methods for bush orientation; � Night patrols THEORY � Nature and flora sciences � Game science Identification, stock, behaviour; � Anti poaching techniques � Bush fire prevention techniques � Security and equipment � Teamwork/ Gender � Public relation Lessons in small groups
TRAINING WHOLE DAY LIVING During the training the participants stay at the unused lodge of Matetsi as a training camp (For further on education Okatoie will use its own surroundings). While tracking and walking on the concession the trainees made first experience with poachers. The trainees learn how to handle these situations, how to arrest and how to report to the police. Implement the training under difficult conditions gets the Game Scout used to patrolling on rainy Double file patrol on a rainy day Schulkonferenz Kasibo mit Beisitz der Elternvertretung days. Confiscated weapons and traps from poachers Running
THE SITUATION AND OUR REQUEST Supper preparation A participant without shoes The camping tents are used for night accommodation Lots of improvisation made possible to implement the training for a first group of local villagers in November 2009. But still we are in need of basic materials, outfit and tools, like T ‐ Shirts, Caps, Shoes, so that we can ensure a safe and professional set up for professional and continuous patrolling and scouting in the bush. We hope to get support, which will help to implement our education program, so that self help and sustainable conservation can be guaranteed.
Donors in contribution like cloths or equipment can be posted to following address: Okatoie Safaris & Tours (pvt.) Ltd. P.O. Box 133 Kasibo/ Hwange Zimbabwe Financial support may be transferred to: BANK: Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe HOLDER: Wisdom B. Neshavi ACC No.: 8740142161300 BRANCH: Bulawayo SWIFT CODE: SCBLZWHX For any requires or suggestions please contact us: Website: www.okatoie.com Email: okatoie@gmail.com Phone: 00263 ‐ 915 156 297
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