Uganda faces huge environmental challenges such as deforestation, agriculture intensification and other human threats to endangered primates, such as chimpanzees and mountain gorillas.

JGI Uganda works with local schools and communities in areas where prime chimpanzee habitats are found in order to increase awareness about environmental issues.

JGI Uganda, in collaboration with JGI Canada, has developed a teacher-training workshop targeting primary-school teachers. The interactive and highly-collaborative workshop focuses on developing lesson plans, games and activities about the environment that children can understand. The Ugandan teachers then go back to their schools and train other teachers on the methods they have learned.

This year, three teams of Canadian teachers are participating in the program:

• Karol & Don Dabbs are participating in the March workshop

• Erin Petley, Ted Pike, Jennifer Harvey & Ashley Donahue will begin their workshop in July.  

Thanks to all of them for making these workshops happen! Stay tuned to follow their adventures!