Botswana

Cheetah Conservation Botswana

(Cheetah Conservation Botswana)

Cheetah Conservation Botswana (CCB) was formed to help protect the remaining population of endangered cheetahs in Botswana, one of the last strongholds for cheetahs in the world. And with the spirit of collaboration and community participation, CCB has also created an opportunity to join the effort to protect cheetahs in all of Southern Africa, helping to create trans-border management strategies and managing the southern population as a whole. The first step, led by conservationist Rebecca Klein, is to learn more about the Botswana cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and how to protect this very fast, very rare cat.

By collaborating with other cheetah conservation organizations and individuals, CCB has learned which methods are most effective and how to bridge the gap between the interests of the cheetah and humans. Rebecca Klein and the CCB staff spent time at Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia and gained invaluable experience in the various aspects of a successful cheetah conservation program.

CCB is based at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve near Gabarone, Botswana. A staff of 70 people, most from the surrounding villages, engage in conservation, habitat preservation, research, environmental education for local people and visitors, and sustainable use of wildlife and other natural resources.

 

World Community Counselling Centre

WCCC, an acronym for World Community Counselling Centre, is a non-governmental organization, fully and legally registered in Botswana as a society. Our intention is to run a focused, comprehensive community care and support programs to assist and counsel, deliver quality care and service for the terminally ill, street children, abuse children and orphans in general through establishment and advocacy of strategic socio economic programs in Oodi.

WCCC exists to provide and deliver quality care and service for the terminally ill and orphans and vulnerable and to offer support to care givers.

The World Community Counselling Centre focuses to promoting effective healthcare programs through developing sound practices in matters related to early childhood development, health, sexual health, and reproductive health, diet, and nutrition, use of medicines, hygiene, and life skills. That will make children generally better prepared to protect themselves from placing their lives at risk. The package of services offered by WCCC includes provision of basic services and counselling for children and their care-givers as well as community outreaches and education. It recognizes the existing gaps in the current services which focus more on providing materials needs such as food and clothing and lack important services such as counselling, mentoring and empowerment.