Educate Young People about the Environment

Conservation Nation is currently working on a greening exercise at the Mongu Public Library.

Due to limited funding, the library is in a deplorable state. With the available meager resources going into administration and management, there is none available for upkeep and maintenance as a result the grounds have until recently been a barren, unkempt wasteland with neither grass not trees. The situation has been compounded by erratic water supply. To address this, we have purchased a 200 liter capacity drum to enable water collection as well as a bucket for watering. With the challenge of water partly resolved, Conservation Nation has planted a selection of trees and shrubs at the local library including Rosewood, Monkey Orange, Pine and Jasmine. We are excited about the on going greening exercise at the library.

Beyond the library, work has begun on establishing indigenous tree nurseries at schools. We are currently in the process of collecting indigenous seeds from nearby woods. Seed collection is a fun and educational activity that teaches participants about the local environment. They learn to identify individual trees including their seedlings and they are also taught their uses. This goes a long way in helping to protect and preserve local trees.

While we continue to make progress, the challenge of raising sufficient resources to implement the project remains and so we are currently looking for Climate Champions to help raise these much resources to support successful project implementation. A climate champion can be anyone with an interest in supporting our Conservation Nation Initiative. They may or may not have previously donated to Conservation Nation but have an interest in using their social networks to help raise the funds needed to support it.

We wish to thank all of our donors and supporters and encourage them to share the word about Conservation Nation with their networks.