Showing posts with label Damara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Damara. Show all posts

Monday, 10 August 2015

Tracking desert elephants

Desert elephants heading into wetlands, Damara region
Volunteering project with EHRA (Elephant Human Relations Aid) in Namibia - we started by painting a dormitory and roads signs for a Damara boarding school, meeting teachers and local children.

Then we went trekking after desert elephants and camping in the bush for a few days.


Road sign - English version


EHRA work with the local Damara community, educating people about the benefits of providing rights of access across the land for herds of elephants (who respect no man-made boundaries).  Volunteering projects offer something back to the villages and farms where elephants have broken fences and knocked down wells.

Cow and calf, Damara region