The Great Primate Handshake – Volunteer in Africa, working to conserve monkeys and apes through film and educational content production

Today the education and web team went to Kassisi School, where their wildlife club was holding ctivities – and the Primate Handshake had the opportunity to be part of them.

We arrived at 10am, and after a quick meeting with the teachers and organizers of the event to arrange last minute details, we joined the pupils in the playing field, where minutes after, the children started singing and marching. I was surprised about how meaningful their song was (it was about their concerns for the Ugandan habitat), and it actually touched me deeply when they started to pick up the garbage from the roads and from the small hamlet near the school. I felt so overwhelmed that I couldn’t help a few tears run down my cheeks.

Later on the pupils introduced themselves to villagers, explained their concerns about the environment, and asked them to please collaborate with their country and help to promote conservation of their environment.

After an hour of collecting rubbish from the streets we went back to the school with baskets full of paper, plastics and other items that were contaminating the area. When we arrived, the wildlife group was divided in three. The education team, who had previously been working on different projects and activities for the children had the chance to present to the students. The teachers from Kasiisi School were very pleased with our participation during the day and very grateful with the work that the team had done.

Well done education team!!!