Conservation Education and Communication Project (CECP)

Objectives:

To provide individuals and communities with a basic knowledge and understanding of the environment, the biodiversity and their interrelationship with humans.
To promote awareness and a sensibility in individuals and communities about the environment, the biodiversity and its problems.
To encourage individuals and communities to value the environment and consider it important in order to inspire participation in the process of improving and protecting the environment for the betterment of their own livelihoods.
To provide people with skills to identify, predict, prevent and solve environmental problems and to make them capable of utilizing limited resources in a sustainable way and of coping with unexpected vulnerabilities.
To provide individuals and communities with the opportunities to actively participate in solving environmental problems and to make educated decisions about biodiversity conservation.

Key Activities:

Conduct workshop on community based wildlife conservation.
Support activities for school based eco clubs.
Provide Non-formal adult education on wildlife conservation.
Conduct Environmental Awareness and Extension Programs.
Carry out educational materials printing and distribution.
Preparation of the conservation video clip.
Final report preparation and dissemination.

Major Achievements:

Date	Title
	5 days community based wildlife conservation workshop conducted with total participation of 40 people including 25 female and 15 male.
	Formation and mobilization of 15 Eco Clubs.
	Establishment of 5 School based nursery.
	Formation of 2 groups and conduction of Wildlife conservation non-formal adult education spanning 4 months classes.
	Five times presentation of audio visual program on environmental awareness and extension.
	Five Street theatre program shows conducted.
	1200 copies of environment conservation hand book printing and distribution.
	2000 pieces of educational posters printing and distribution.
	3000 pieces of educational stickers printing and distribution.

Project information

Geographic coverage 3 VDCs
Project duration 12 months (April, 2012-March, 2013)
Project Location Banakhu, Phoksingtar and Ghartichhap VDC of Kavrepalanchok, District.
Budget 645,164.34
Funding partner's Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF), JAPAN
Implementation Partner School Mangement Committees (SMCs)
Target groups Community People, Schools and Eco Clubs

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