Brief Description

Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust is a Zambian registered charitable trust, established in 1998 as a grass roots conservation education programme in the communities living close to South Luangwa National Park.

The organisation has the full support of the Ministry of Education. It encompasses three main conservation programmes:

1.	A Conservation Education Centre located on the banks of the Luangwa River opposite South Luangwa National Park. Children from Grades 6 to 12 in 7 local schools attend the Centre for a full day of lessons and activities based on wildlife, the environment and conservation. 
2.	A conservation education schools programme based in a small campus in the grounds of the local secondary school. A team of Educators also take the programme into 18 local schools 4 afternoons of the school week.  
3.	A community outreach programme that targets the adult community via a bespoke mobile education unit and reaches the remotest communities in the area

Vision & Mission

Our Vision
People and wildlife living in harmony throughout Zambia
Overall Mission Statement of CWET
To teach Zambian children and communities the value of wildlife and their environment so they may be conserved for present and future generations.

Aims & Activities

1.	To teach the local children and communities the value of wildlife and how to conserve their environment 
2.	To provide a Conservation Education Centre with a high standard of facilities and educational materials for the benefit of the local community and national and international visitors.
3.	To assist in the provision of educational materials on wildlife for dissemination in local schools and other institutes.
4.	To provide a free wildlife resource centre for interested parties from the local community. 
5.	To admit the wider community for the purposes of study, research and recreation in order to raise awareness of the urgent need for conservation in the area. 
6.	To support and administer improvement projects in the local schools and sponsorship of teachers and pupils.
7.	To provide a refuge for orphaned and injured wild animals with the aim of rehabilitating them to the wild.

Facts & Figures

                            We work in communities living close to South Luangwa National Park which are those that are also most affected by issues such as poaching, human-wildlife conflict, deforestation and other environmental challenges associated with rapid development in a wildlife-rich area. The conservation education team teaches 930 children every 2 weeks.  Our bold and progressive approach to conservation education in an economically poor and geographically remote area provides youth with the knowledge to become Zambia's conservation leaders of tomorrow. Today we teach students in 18 rural schools about wildlife and conservation. Our aim is to inspire and encourage young people to be active conservationists and in doing so empower them to make the necessary changes for sustaining livelihoods, conserving wildlife and protecting the natural environment long into the future.
                            

                            Chipembele helps schoolchildren, students at tertiary level and adults in the local community that is adjacent to the main entrance of South Luangwa National Park.
                            

Awards

Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education by Educating Africa in 2009

International Awards in the category of Youth by Energy Globe Awards in 2011

World Prize for Sustainable Energy by European parliament STOA Awards in 2011