Sports

CHILDREN CONSERVATIONISTS PROGRAMME supports Children to create sports teams around Uganda and Rwanda National parks with the objective of sensitizing the communities on conserving the national parks. In Rwanda, 2 soccer teams for the youth living in 10kms of Akagera National Park consist of the Lions FC from the Eastern part of the Park and Buffalo FC from the Western side of the Park. In Uganda, the soccer teams consist of Lions FC from Queen Elizabeth national Park and Gorillas FC from Bwindi Impenetrable National park. We organise competitions between the teams and invite different conservationists to talk about conservation of the Environment.

The aim of the soccer competitions is to sensitize people living near the parks on the importance of conserving the biodiversity around them. Each football team comprises 23 footballers. These players are supported with sports attire branded with conservation messages.