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“Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.”
— Sir David Attenborough
iLearnabout is an exciting digital education initiative that aims to fill a critical gap in children’s education, by providing teachers and learners in Sub-Saharan Africa with a range of freely available digital resources.
Developed by the iAfrica Foundation, a UK charity, in collaboration with conservation organisations in Africa, iLearnabout will increase awareness of environmental and conservation challenges and their solutions.
Our intention is to provide inspiring, relevant content that is modern and fun, free of charge to schools, clubs and organisations across all of Sub-Saharan Africa.
A Global Vision with Local Impact
As environmental crises such as climate change, habitat loss, and pollution grow more urgent, the time to act is now. We must equip the next generation with the knowledge, green skills, and tools needed to safeguard both their future and the planet’s.
“Climate change is already having a devastating impact on education, but it is also a chance to make the case that education is also the way to mitigate climate change.” UN Special Envoy for Global Education, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
Improving education and changing mindsets is essential in the battles against poverty and environmental degradation.
iLearnabout is transforming environmental education conservation reaching thousands of teachers and children across Africa as we create a generation of ‘environmental ambassadors’.
Conservation education will affect all our futures
We consulted with experienced educationalists, national education and conservation organisations to ensure our content is relevant, necessary, and feasible to implement. Our pilot partners carried out a comprehensive pilot study in Kenya with extremely positive feedback and results. This led to the development of an all-encompassing programme of topics and activities for use within schools and organisations free of charge.
iLearnabout materials are now being used by many organisations and schools in Africa as we simultaneously continue further outreach and development.
iLearnabout is mentioned in Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, commissioned by the UK Government. Highlighting the importance of education, Sir Dasgupta states that there is a lack of conservation education across the globe and cites iLearnabout as working to change this.
We are reaching over 45,000 children through our partners and hundreds of thousands more via global platforms
Providing a comprehensive, immersive and positive learning programme designed to inspire and enable practical action for conservation.
iLearnabout is the first of its kind to bring relevant, interactive e-learning and downloadable resources to African schools, NGOs and after school clubs, on core environmental topics. The content is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and has been specifically developed to support upper primary and lower secondary environmental education curricula across Sub-Saharan Africa.
iLearnabout provides generic, gender neutral, digital conservation learning content and activities that are modern and fun; free of charge to schools, clubs and organisations.
See a sample of our digital learning topic: Biodiversity
See iLearnabout in action with Wildlife Clubs of Kenya
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