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28th

June 2008

Conservation starts with education

The educational activities of the ABC reached more than 16, 500 children and adults last year. The majority were young Congolese students, targeted within the framework of the scholastic education program, but activities with environmental workers, primarily in the provinces, were also numerous this year.

 

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The initiative for these activities comes mostly from Pierrot Mbonzo, the educational coordinator of the ABC. A new educator-guide, Blaise Mbwaki, has been recruited this year to help expand these activities. He arranges regular school visits to the Sanctuary, when he’s not out in the field with Pierrot.

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One Response to “Conservation starts with education”

  1. george murphy Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 12:13 am

    Hope I filled this out correctly.I have a question.I notice in some pictures it looks like some of the little ones are wearing a diaper and in others it doesn’t.Do the Bonobos let the mamas’ know when they need to use the washroom after they are adjusted and trust them,or do they just go to the toilet whenever ‘Nature-calls’,so to speak?Also as they get older are they very clean e.g.Don’t use the toilet where they sleep,or do they just “go”whenever?

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