Education Fiji Project #40215

Inspiring & Training Young Marine Conservationists

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Oct 5, 2020
You can only save it when you know how

By Tyrone Bennett | President

Dear Supporters,

It’s true we only have one chance left to save our Ocean. People like Sir David Attenborough has even stepped out of his comfort zone and joined Instagram to share this critical issue.

Over the years our actions have led to a serious issue of overcrowded oceans of plastic and we have seen a number of wildlife in our oceans becoming victims of eating plastic. With alarming high temperatures of our ocean and planet and the fact that we will have more plastic in our ocean than fish by 2050 we truly do only have one chance left to make a critical change.

Fiji is made up of a number of Islands yet a number of the local children live unaware of what lives in the ocean, the issue and how to recycle. We have been working on a number of projects in the community and now we are actively fundraising to launch this project. Currently we have not raised any funds to kick start it but we hope over the next 3 months with your support we can really start kicking this project off. Depending on funding we aim to use a number of methods to engage young people in educating and showcasing the beautiful ocean and hopefully inspire them to stand up and help lead the action of change.

With your generous support and donations we plan to fund ocean conservation book drives for all the local schools, fund roadshows and educational awareness lessons in schools and the local community and eventually funds permitting actually get the youngster really engaged by getting them into the ocean and using snorkel equipment we fund to help them actually see the ocean and what lies beneath.

We have been successfully running a similar project in Asia and Africa but it is important for us to ensure we engage young people from all around the world to ensure we work as a global community to save the ocean as this really is our last chance.

Thank you for your support!

With Gratitude,

Fiji Conservation Education

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Jun 9, 2020
If We Don't Take Action We'll Never Change

By Daniel Sitarenios | Operations Manager

Feb 10, 2020
Environmental Impact

By Tessa Sealey | Program Manager

Dear Supporters,

Our continuous goal is to inform and empower the children of Moturiki, through environmental education classes, encouraging them to care about the environment and take action in protecting their underwater world. Over the last 3 months, we have continued with our weekly classes at Moturiki District School, focusing on our Environmental Education curriculum that was put together by our science officers in alignment with local and Government guidelines.

For Term 3, the curriculum has focused on Waste Management and Environmental Impact. Volunteers planned and delivered interactive lessons focusing on the following concepts; Ridge to Reef, Water Cycle, Ecosystem, Habitat and Pollution. Our volunteers and staff spent hours every Monday to prepare their lesson plans in order to deliver a class based on quality information and filled with fun interactive activities. Volunteers taught a total of 24 classes, with an average of 2 classes per week. We have worked with classes 3, 4 and 5 (53 students aged 7-9) and the lessons last for 1 hour each.

Our biggest highlight and impact over the last 3 months has been the increased level of engagement and excitement that the students have shown towards these topics, with real interest in getting out of the classroom and in to the water to actually explore their environment.

In addition to the environmental education program already run at school, we would like to put theory in to practice by providing the students with an introduction to the underwater world. We would like to bring the classes to Caqalai on a quarterly basis, for volunteers and staff to run activities such as teaching basic marine creature identification, going on snorkel point outs on the reefs around Caqalai and Moturiki and participating in beach cleans. The common aim of these activities being to empower the students with practical skills in how to protect their environment and marine resources.

Our project goals align with the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); No.4 Quality Education that aims to provide equal access to quality education and No.14 Life Below Water that aims to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems.

We have had a great impact with the students at Moturiki District School so far. With the generous help from our supporters and donors, we have supported the Moturiki communities with sustainable marine resource management by engaging with the future generation inside and outside of the classroom. On behalf of the whole team on Caqalai, we would like to say a huge thank you for all the support.

With Gratitude,

Caqalai Marine Education

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