Have you ever heard about Jim Justus Nyamu’s cross-continental walks? Examine Ivory Belongs to Elephants’ East-Central Africa marketing campaign stroll
An incredible feat! 🐘 (Or ought to I say toes?) 👣
Jim campaigns tirelessly to guard elephants. He’s walked 1000s of miles / km and that is his sixteenth Marketing campaign Stroll for Elephants. His intention: to encourage African nations to work carefully to guard this species that is aware of no borders.
Jim Justus Nyamu, *OGW, is the Founder and Government Director of the Elephant Neighbors Heart, a non-profit whose mission is “to guard the African Elephant and safe landscapes for elephants outdoors protected areas.” The model Ivory Belongs to Elephants™ focuses on elevating consciousness domestically, nationally, and internationally of the plight of African Elephants, primarily by their advocacy walks.
The East-Central Africa stroll began in Nairobi, Kenya, on July twenty ninth and handed by Nakuru, Mau Forest, Tinderet, Kakamega and Malaba (Mount Elgon). In Uganda, Jim walked by Mabira Forest, Kampala, Queen Elizabeth Nationwide Park, Mbarara, Lake Mburo and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest; now in Rwanda, Jim will go to Kigali, and Akagera Nationwide Park; and onto Goma, Virunga Nationwide Park, Okapi Wildlife Reserve, and Garamba Nationwide Park within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This four-month stroll will cowl roughly 3,200 km. The walks provide options to mitigating human-wildlife battle and spotlight the direct significance of wildlife to affected communities.
This most iconic of African species is being pushed in direction of extinction – slaughtered by poachers to provide a worldwide ivory commerce price as much as US$20 billion a yr. Regardless of a ban in lots of nations, the killing is barely getting worse. There are actually estimated to be solely 350,000 elephants left in Africa, with roughly 20,000 being killed yearly. African elephants can be extinct in our lifetime if this fee of loss continues.
Ivory belongs to elephants press launch
Elephants are essential in:
- dispersing seeds +
- retaining the habitat open for grazing animals +
- preventing local weather change by contributing to pure carbon seize +
- attracting thousands and thousands of vacationers who make substantial contributions to sub-Saharan Africa’s economies +
- a lot extra!
Jim and his workforce have been strolling to boost consciousness since 2013. By the top of the present marketing campaign, they are going to have walked nearly 20,000 km throughout Africa, the USA, and the UK, connecting with over 16,000 faculties, and holding over 900 group conferences alongside the the marketing campaign walks.
Jim additionally walks within the US and Europe to boost consciousness in worldwide communities which can be nonetheless buying and selling in ivory. For instance, regardless of the 2018 announcement of the UK authorities’s plans to ban sale and export of most ivory gadgets, the commerce in ivory and dwell elephants remains to be authorized in a number of nations.
In the event you see Jim, why not be a part of the stroll for an hour or perhaps a day? 👣
Higher nonetheless, you may assist the workforce on the bottom by making a donation. (I understand how grim it’s to try to sleep in a soggy tent!)
You’ll be able to ship on to Jim Justus Nyamu by way of Momo +256 784755115 or Mpesa +254 713353060 or donate on the Ivory belongs to elephants gofundme web page. Discover out extra on the Ivory belongs to elephants on Fb.
(*OGW is the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya is an award introduced to people in recognition of an impressive service rendered to the nation).