This video was taken in the small village of Mahandekini in southern Kenya, not far from the foot of Killimanjaro. As part of our satellite camp project with Global Vision International (GVI) we spent a week with a few communities who had joined forces and turned, as they put it, “from poachers to protectors”. We were camped by one of the schools and these nursery students joined us one morning during breakfast. This is the 2nd video of them – where we try to teach them the Hokey Pokey (listen for their giggles at the end!). The 1st video is of them performing Head-Shoulders-Knees etc They were shy but eager to share – so cute! These villages had given up poaching wildlife and were looking for sustainable alternative livelihoods. Partnered with the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) they were taking impressive steps towards these goals. We joined the work to help them create and develop an educational and cultural center for locals and tourists, to continue their monitoring of Human Wildlife Conflict, to support their development of alternative livelihood projects (recycled paper, bee keeping, soap making etc) and to help plant new neem trees in their village – amongst other things! Again, to know more about what GVI Kenya is currently up to, go visit: www.gvikenya.blogspot.com or www.gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org
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