Written by means of Trish Sewe, COP of The Nationwide Geographic’s Workforce Sayari and Nature Certain Outreach Program
A brand new nature-based conservation sequence concentrated on youngsters elderly 7-12-years-old is taking Africa by means of typhoon. Workforce Sayari is a Nationwide Geographic Children programme that was once introduced in Kenya on September 17, 2022 and premiered throughout Africa on September 24, 2022 and airs each Saturday at 2:00 p.m. EAT by the use of Nationwide Geographic Wild TV Channel (DStv 182, Starsat 221). Workforce Sayari sequence is the results of a collaborative effort between WildlifeDirect, the U.S. Company for World Construction (USAID), the U.S. State Division, The Walt Disney Corporate Africa and Nationwide Geographic and is produced by means of native manufacturing corporate White Rhino Movies. The full objective of this system is to encourage and catalyze behavioral alternate that can have a long-lasting affect at the conservation of species wealthy landscapes and generate significant financial building alternatives for communities in East Africa.
Workforce Sayari is a 22-minute display with 5 Nairobi-based studio hosts Mysha Hodson (13), Marita Lucas (12), Shanah Manjeru (14), Railey Mwai (10) and Adarsh Nagda (12) who’re joined by means of box newshounds who go back and forth to East, West and South Africa to discover intriguing sides of our environment, interview professionals at the flooring and be informed what is wanted to offer protection to and preserve our flora and fauna. The sphere newshounds are Sheilah Sheldone (13, Kenya), Toluwanimi Olaoye (12, Nigeria), Christian Mekhi (10, Rwanda), Atule Mazane, Khahliso Khojane, Thandolwethu Fani, (13, 14, 15, South Africa) and Sabrina Kilumanga (10, Tanzania).
‘Sayari’, is a Swahili time period for ‘planet’, and the sequence embodies this system’s general objective – to offer audience with the information, abilities and equipment had to preserve and give protection to the flora and fauna. Audience can be expecting exciting travels, intriguing discoveries, amusing DIY actions and enchanting adventures each week. Audience too can be expecting interesting trips via wild areas similar to mountains, forests and nature reserves, and encounters with wild animals from elephants to bees, from sharks to snakes, and the whole thing in between.
Within the sequence, we see the younger presenters visiting the wild and assembly with African professionals in 5 international locations around the continent to discover, uncover, find out about our environmental demanding situations and be impressed to cut back their affect, give protection to and repair nature.
The primary-of-its-kind in Africa, the display targets to have fun the surroundings and lift consciousness of conservation and related problems in a amusing and relatable means. For the previous six weeks, WildlifeDirect and the authorized companions were screening Workforce Sayari to number one college youngsters in conservation hubs in East Africa and the kids love the display. One of the most public number one faculties in Kenya, Tipatet Emakoko Number one college that has visited the WildlifeDirect’s Box Lab on a number of instance was once impressed to begin planting bushes of their college the usage of the plastic bottle drip water irrigation machine after looking at the Plastics or Oceans episode. On this episode youngsters learnt how unmarried use plastic is destructive to marine existence. Some youngsters were impressed by means of the DIY segments of the display and created bee accommodations after looking at the Bees vs. Elephants episode. To this point over 600 youngsters have visited the conservation hubs in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania and watched a minimum of one or two episodes. One of the youngsters have to stroll for greater than 10 kilometers to succeed in the hubs. WildlifeDirect plans to succeed in 10,000 youngsters throughout East Africa with Workforce Sayari content material and further complementary fabrics that can allow them to take in conservation movements and develop into the conservation leaders that may make a distinction whilst protective the planet we name house.
For more info, please achieve out to:
Trish Sewe, Leader of Birthday celebration [email protected]