In 2008, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund supported The Kasiisi Project for their program, The Kibale Schools Conservation Project. This program focuses on expanding conservation education in nine forest edge, government primary schools bordering Kibale National Park in Uganda. Morale is low for many teachers in Uganda, largely due to inefficient training and a surplus of work. In a survey of 64 teachers less than 1/5 of them had seen savannah animals and many of them lack experience with wildlife education.
This project provides teachers with personal experiences to their national wildlife by taking them on trips to visit Uganda's National Parks to help them directly connect with wildlife and nature and to enthuse and motivate t...
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