Powering conservation
education
iLearnabout not only addresses an urgent gap in quality education; but also an equally crucial gap in access to this increasingly important content.
Compelling Case
Currently, there is no digital conservation resource that includes all the vital topics required to teach a holistic environmental education programme in Sub -Saharan Africa. Conservation organisations and NGOs still mostly use printed format, which is expensive to produce, distribute, and update. Across Africa, conservation organisations and NGOs develop content for school children on specific topics, regions or areas of expertise. However, there is insufficient cross-sharing of the content so scarce funds are wasted by unnecessary duplication, inefficient dissemination and poor up-take. By creating this generic resource, we will give free access to world-class digital education content, reducing duplication and cutting costs for organisations.
“Your initiative is just the kind I have been hoping will be taken.”
Needed Now
With COVID-19 highlighting the benefits and acceleration in the use of digital communications, there has been a beneficial and rapid reduction in the costs of connectivity and power solutions, making digital learning in Africa increasingly cost-effective. There can be no better time to develop a common e-learning platform to help teach critical lessons on conservation that will increasingly affect the planet.
Modern Materials
iLearnabout will enhance existing elements of national curricula by being taught as extracurricular lessons. It is designed to be modern, fun and engaging, leading to better attendance, learning outcomes and increased impact. It is downloadable and suitable for online or offline use on tablets, computers, projectors and mobile phones.