Student Travel to NAIROBI KENYA

by Jesse Tattersall

GIRAFFE CENTRE, NAIROBI, KENYA
THIS POSTING IS REALLY A COMMENT ON EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN AS WE ARE ON THE ROAD;

As we travel we are constantly asked what we are doing about the children's education since they will be missing a full year of schooling.

In Victoria, Australia, where we live there are 13 years of formal primary/secondary education before university; a year of preparation then 12 year levels. Jesse is missing year 10, Rachel year 8 and Phoebe year 6.

In preparation for the trip, Jesse has undertaken and successfully completed, year 10 Physics & Chemistry.

On the road we have maths and science material on disc, for instruction through the year but a lot of the learning is tied to life experience.


I decided to write a page on one of the activities we did in Nairobi to show how the travel and the broader education are tied together.

The activity I refer to is visiting the Giraffe Center. It is obviously interesting and engaging to visit but it covers education areas like; Conservation, Environment, and Social Education - Impact of man on his environment. In association with this, Geography, Social Studies, World and It's People, Sustainable use of Energy, Health and Diet etc. are also touched on.

The Giraffe Center was established in 1979 by a Kenyan citizen named Jock Leslie-Melville. It was set up as an education centre in conjunction with a program to assist with saving the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. This has resulted in great results for the Rothschild Giraffe and "The Giraffe Centre" has become world famous as a Nature Education Centre.

When The Giraffe Centre was established there were only 120 Rothschild Giraffes left in the world. Through the breeding and re-release program there are now over 300 Giraffes all safe and breeding well with some in the wild, some on the 10,000 acre farm associated with the project, some in the 60 acre Giraffe Centre site and some in associated breeding programs around the world. Notable in the international sites is the Rothschild Giraffe breeding program at the Dubbo Open Plain Zoo in Australia. The children have fed the Giraffes at Dubbo but that is a VERY different experience to Kenya.

At the Centre there is a raised platform area where people are standing at Giraffe head height and can hand feed them a pellet mixture of grains. Giraffes only sleep about 40 min a day and eat lots. They are constantly hungry. They also lick the food into their mouths and do not bite so they are safe to be very close to.

The feeding is shown in the pictures here. In addition to the contact with the animals a guide, Daniel Umbrertzh, give a formal lecture on the whole process of the Centre. That is basically classroom instruction though it does not feel like it. He then took the family on a nature walk through the reserve explaining environment, foodstuffs, plant life as well as a lot of other general Kenya nature information.

The Centre has a program of education for local poor schoolchildren about their country through the funds raised. Many children from the slums of Nairobi have never been out of their area, never seen giraffes or other native animals. The program sends a bus to collect the children, takes them to an animal orphan zoo, to the local crocodile park, to another nature centre and finally to the Giraffe Centre. One such group came through when we were there (very, very well behaved children).

In conclusion this sort of activity is interesting and fun. It gives information for the children to compare other environmental activities and gives a broad understanding of the issues involved. This has allowed wide ranging discussions with people as we travel. The sort of people we are mixing with are often very well informed and involved with their activities so the passing discussions quickly become in-depth and very informative.

The whole process of travel is broadening Jesse, Rachel, and Phoebe's knowledge and understanding of the world as a whole.

Traveling around the world is a great activity to pursue at almost any age provided you are in proper health to handle the rigors of international student travel.

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