World Giraffe Week 2024!

World Giraffe Week 2024 in Tanzania was a resounding success, thanks to our fantastic education coordinator Veila Makundi and our entire Wild Nature Institute team. We welcomed our newest member of the education team, Glory Mbuya, and James Madeli helped out and took lots of great photos and videos of the activities.

The kick-off to World Giraffe Week was interviews by Wild Nature Institute's Veila Makundi  on 2 Arusha-based radio stations reaching thousands of Tanzanias about giraffes and what everyone can do to protect them. Then it was off to the schools for activities! More than 540 kids and teachers from 5 schools participated, with a highlight being a 'ngongoti', a man on stilts dressed like a giraffe, which delighted the children. The children made giraffe posters with unique spots (to be delivered to park rangers on World Ranger Day, 31 July), danced and sang, and had a great time celebrating Tanzania's national animal and learning how they can help save them.

Of course, absolutely none of this would have been possible without the amazing support from our donors around the world. Thank you so very much, from all of us at Wild Nature Institute.