Limbe Wildlife Centre

Category: Simone de Vries, education | Date: Feb 05 2009 | By: limbewildlifecentre

Since the beginning of this month we have a new Education Officer. Although new… Glenn Motumba has been part of the LWC family since he was very young. We are delighted that Givskud Zoo in Danmark has recently decided to fund the costs for an education officer, which will enable us to further develop our education program.

Glenn Motumba started his career at the LWC as a member of our Saturday Nature Club. He was always the most enthusiastic student and was desperate to learn anything he could about nature, wildlife and conservation. He is probably the only person who has read every book in our library and is always eager when new books arrive. It was natural that, when he was too old to be a member of the club, he became an education volunteer. He guided people around on Saturdays and Sundays and helped out with workshops, field trips and of course Nature Club. At the end of last year Glenn graduated from Beua University and he now has a Bsc in Sociology and Anthropology. For us this was the time to offer him a real job and Givskud Zoo made it possible.

The first month has been a starting up month: finding space for an office, painting, putting a desk together, finding a computer to work on, etc. But at the same time Glenn has started the work with much enthusiasm. He is teaching in our School’s Outreach Program in a secondary school in Batoke. This is a 16 weeks program that is taught on a weekly basis. Glenn also started up a football project with a primary school in the same village. This is a PASA (Pan African Sanctuary Alliance) project that combines football with education. We will keep you informed about the progress on this. And last but not least, Glenn organised a mini-workshop on the theme: Climate Change, Consequences for Cameroon. Jane Boles, a volunteer from the neighbouring Botanic Garden, did one of the presentations and we all learned a lot about the carbon trade and how this can affect conservation in Cameroon.

I am confident that Glenn will turn out to be a great education officer and many students will learn a lot from him in the future.

Best wishes,
Simone de Vries
Assistant Project Manager