Teach the Children Well

Photos courtesy ProFauna
August 2004

Nearly 700 Indonesian schoolchildren have visited ProFauna’s Wildlife Education Center in east Java since January this year. ProFauna facilitators engage the children-from toddlers to junior high school students-with conservation games and other activities. In one game, children must guess the identity of a chosen animal species by asking questions about its characteristics; incorrect guessers are "punished" by being put briefly into a cage-and learn to appreciate the plight of wild animals in captivity. The children also receive full-color booklets, newly printed with the assistance of IPPL, that describe the challenges facing their country’s wild creatures.