Yebo Gogga 2013 (Educational Expo) - Wits University
The theme....underground
This year's theme was underground, and there were so many amazing exhibits! If your children or learners love bugs, the outdoors, dinasours, trees or anything cool, you have to get them to Yebo Gogga next year!
It's quite difficult for cheetahs to fit into this theme, and our stand was put up as a combined effort with other environmental education organisations. Co-Action is the name of the group, and at this stage represents The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre, Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots, Vulpro and Eco-Pilots. We decided our theme would be "Don't go underground, take action". At our stand, we showed horrific images to the learners and adults about pollution, deforestation etc, and challenged them to take one small action to improve our environment. This was written down as a pledge on a leaf, and hung on a net. The idea was to show the combined efforts would make a huge difference, even if each pledge individually was a small way to help.
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| Learners at our exhibit |
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| Our Pledge wall nice and full of pledges |
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| Hanging our own pledges :-) |
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| Scary images made learners think hard about how they could help our environment |
Huge turn out
It was a great success, and there was an estimated 5000 visitors during the course of the Expo, which ran from 8th May - 12th May. Byron, our ambassador cheetah made an appearance on Saturday and Sunday after a presentation about the centre and the work we do. As always, he was a true star, and touched many hearts.
Contact details of other exhibitors:
Adventures with
Nature (books) 011 954
4675 www.awn.co.za
All-Out Creations 082 569
0706 www.menzo.co.za
Delta Park Environmental 011 888 4831 www.deltaenviro.org.za
Earthworm Buddies 072 533
0304 earthwormbuddies@lantic.net
FreeMe Wildlife
Rehabilitation Centre 011 807 6993 www.freeme.org.za
Jane Goodal
Institute 079 777
1514 www.janegoodall.co.za
Johannesburg Zoo 011 646 2000 www.jhbzoo.org.za
Kloofendal, Friends of 011 674 2980 www.kloofendalfriends.yolasite.com
Lepidopterist Society 082 327 2090 www.lepsoc.org.za
Medical Entomology 011 386 6486 www.nicd.ac.za
National Zoological
Gardens (Pretoria) 012 328 3265 www.nzg.ac.za
Rand Water –
Education 083 381
9671 www.randwater.co.za
Rhino SA 078 643
6430 www.rhinosa.co.za
SANParks
Honourary Rangers 083 793
3019
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre 011 639
8400 www.sci-bono.co.za
Southern
Beekeepers Association 084 514 0948 www.beekeepers.co.za
Spider Club of
South Africa 082 5656 025 www.spiderclub.co.za
Kind regards,
Rita Groenewald
education@dewildt.co.za
012 504 9906/7/8
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