Education Center

Educating today…conserving tomorrow

Teaching today's youth so we can have a better future. Environmental education is at the core of Mokolodi Nature Reserve. Every year more than 9,000 children from schools and orphanages across Botswana visit Mokolodi's Education Centre to participate in activities and to experiences some of Africa's natural wonders that are increasingly being lost to the modern world.

Objectives of the Centre

The Mokolodi Nature Reserve Education Centre was created to provide an opportunity for children to learn about nature, conservation and the environment and to ensure that the young people in Botswana grow up to be good custodians of their natural history, helping to conserve their common heritage for future generations.

Since the Education Centre started it has actively promoted conservation and environmental education within the country. The Centre accommodates between 8,000 and 10, 000 children each year for educational activities, day visits, and overnight stays and also provides specially designed camps for orphaned and vulnerable children, including vulnerable children, where they learn about the environment and social welfare issues, as well as receiving support and counselling.

Our aim with the Mokolodi Education Centre is to educate the children of Botswana, so as to better equip them in addressing environmental challenges that may impact on their lives and personal situations. The focus includes general conservation, climate change, water availability and quality and other challenges that countries like Botswana are most vulnerable to. It also aims to educate on issues that integrate environmental, social, and economic parameters, such as sustainable and equitable resource management, human-wildlife conflict and provision of appropriate alternatives to natural resources.

Provide opportunities

for an environmental educational learning experience at Mokolodi Nature Reserve.

Engage schools

through outreach projects. We provide environmental education for sustainable development goals aimed at specific environmental learning gaps and provoking conservation awareness.

Deliver up-to-date info

on environmental education for sustainable development, activities, and opportunities for positive environmental action in schools.

Advance the development

of environmental education practitioners throughout Botswana. This is done through outreach presentation activities as well as on-site training of teaching staff.

Promote the implementation

of environmental education policies and practices in line with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development and Sustainable Development Goal #4.

Facilities at the EC

Our facilities can accommodate up to 120 children simultaneously. The main hall serves as a versatile space, functioning as a classroom, dining hall, and recreational area. For easy exploration of the reserve, we provide game viewers to transport the children.

Each side of the hall features a dormitory that can house 40 boys or 40 girls, respectively. The dormitories include comfortable bedding and have access to washrooms and showers. Additionally, there are two teachers' rooms, one located at the end of each dormitory.