wisdom
Mtoto umleavyo
ndivyo akuavyo
The way you raise a child
is the way they will become
Kupotea njia
As the custodian of Singita Grumeti Reserve, the Grumeti Fund is responsible for vital conservation and community development work along the western corridor of Tanzania’s Serengeti ecosystem. Driven to create a world where people and wildlife can coexist and thrive together – now and into the future – it understands the importance of cultivating young environmental ambassadors. At its Environmental Education Centre (EEC), the Fund trains youth from surrounding villages on key environmental topics, like sustainable resource use, land, water, and waste management, and wildlife conservation. In the outdoor classroom of the world, students balance theory with hands-on learning. Along the way, they gain the knowledge, leadership skills, and respect required to care for their environment – and the will to encourage others to as well.
ndio kujua njia
To lose the way
is to know the way
It’s our nature to grow used to things, and from there, it’s a short step to forgetting how precious they are. But if we never strayed from the path, we might never understand what we lost. And in losing our way – perhaps seeing it afresh as these young students do – we find renewed purpose and an even greater need to protect what remains of the natural world. This need stirs something primal within us, something we’re compelled to pass on. Because it has always been our duty to guide those who walk the path after us.
Previous spread EEC students gain the practical skills needed to protect and regenerate an ecosystem. Left Laurian Lamatus, Headmaster of the EEC, is shaping future conservationists through a hands-on approach.
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