🐘 Conservation Education
Community Outreach Programmes
Inspiring Young Minds • Protecting Elephants • Empowering Communities
2023 Highlights
World Elephant Day Celebration
📅 August 2023 • Govt High School, Udeva Village, Birur, ChickmagalurOn account of World Elephant Day, GCT conducted an awareness programme for the students of Govt High School in Udeva village, Birur, Chickmagalur. The session introduced young learners to elephant conservation, ecosystem balance, and the importance of human-elephant coexistence.
Topics Covered
- A talk on elephants and their important role in maintaining ecosystems.
- Human-elephant conflict and mitigation strategies.
- An interactive session where students shared their experiences and questions.
- A quiz event followed by prize distribution, including wildlife-related books.
Collaborative Partnership
GCT conducted this programme in collaboration with Prathibimba Trust, which has adopted the school. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to conservation education for rural communities living close to wildlife landscapes.
Program Impact & Outcomes
Key Achievements
- Engaged students from a government school in a rural area with limited access to conservation education.
- Built awareness about elephant behaviour and ecosystem services among children living near elephant habitats.
- Distributed wildlife books as prizes, encouraging continued learning and curiosity.
- Helped foster positive attitudes toward elephants and wildlife conservation in conflict-prone landscapes.
This initiative reflects GCT’s community-based conservation approach, recognising that protecting elephants also requires awareness and engagement among the people who share their landscapes.