Rare photo with the Rare President
Category: Endangered Wildlife | Date: Apr 01 2008 | By: admin
I am currently attending a one week Social marketing workshop for conservationist at college of African Wildlife Management, Mweka in Tanzania. The theme of the workshop which is facilitated by Rare is to “Introduce participants drawn from across Africa to one approach in building constituencies for conservation – Social marketing”. This approach is the Rare’s award winning Pride program which has been proven successful in more than 100 campaigns in over 40 countries around the world.
After today’s session which we learnt about building a concept model and threats ranking, I managed to convince the President to join me for a photo session – my first photo with a President. As you can see below, he is quite charismatic, easy going and very much at home with the “masses”, the right combination for positively influencing people’s behavior and attitudes on environment.
With Rare President Mr Brett.
The Presdent with the workshop participants
Iregi Mwenja
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5 Responses to “Rare photo with the Rare President”
F. J. Pechir, on 01 Apr 2008
I wonder if this RARE institution is the same one that some years ago used to work closely with National Audubon Society, and with WWF thereafter. If this is the case, my BRF worked with them in some conservational issues in the U.S. years ago! Whatever, it is a good post.
Dipesh Pabari, on 01 Apr 2008
Hi Mwenja,
great to be able to keep up with your current adventures in life. We miss you in Nairobi!
Iregi Mwenja, on 02 Apr 2008
Hi Joy,
This is not an April Fools joke. It is the real President! http://www.rareconservation.org
Mwenja
Iregi Mwenja, on 04 Apr 2008
Hi Dipesh,
I miss the great team at Timau Plaza in Nairobi. Blogging is fun especially when you are away from home.
I will be back next week do some field assessments. See you on Monday.
Mwenja
Sean Southey, on 04 Apr 2008
First, let me say how wondeful it was to have Mwenja at this conference. Engaged, thoughtful, and rich in knowledge — you added great depth to our discussions.
I would also like to follow-up on Mr. Picher’s question above. Yes, indeed these were Rare Pride Campaigns. Rare has now worked with local partners to support over 120 Pride Campaigns in more than 40 countries around the world. We are always actively seeking new engaged local partners — so check out our website.
Keep inspiring conservation!
Sean
Vice-President, Rare
http://www.rareconservation.org
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