From Rwanda, Lion Week Day 1
Category: Art of Conservation (AoC) | Date: Sep 15 2009 | By: Julie
Art for Gorillas is roaring for help to protect lions.
Kids in Rwanda are making lion masks to send to children in Kenya where poisoning wildlife is a serious problem. Please see Wildlife Direct’s Baraza, Born Free, Stop Wildlife Poisoning, and Lion Guardians.
We are hoping to educate ourselves and young Africans about lions so that they value and protect them.
Please take a look at our class today - a very exciting class indeed!
Day 1 video.
We begin with a discussion about lions and the threats they face - equating this keystone species to that of the endangered mountain gorilla which our students are familiar with - and visuals for students to see an animal they do not know too much about. Photo by Molly Feltner.
Students begin adding color and cut outs to their own lion masks. Photo by Molly Feltner.
With masks made and only slightly worn out from dancing around the classroom, we take a break for a group photo in the school yard. Photo by Molly Feltner.
For more about photographer and friend Molly Feltner, please click here.
Tags: art, Baraza, education, Pride of Kenya, protect animals, rwanda, Stop Poisoning Wildlife
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2 Responses to “From Rwanda, Lion Week Day 1”
admin, on 15 Sep 2009
What an amazing little video , thank you guys so much for this. I was smiling uncontrollably when I saw it. Definitely something I’m gonna tell BBC Digital Planet about this afternoon!
Alice Owen, on 15 Sep 2009
I’m speechless! What a lovely class. I will try and show this to some of the schools we’re working with. I think that our colleagues from Wild in Art will want to see this. I’ll send them the link. Well done guys and thank you for supporting our lion projects in Kenya.
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