Past Initiatives
Previous Kenyan Village Sponsorship
Oltome Community Village Primary School, Kenya Village Support
Love the Wild worked to enhance environmental education by supporting the Oltome Community Village Primary School, located on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park. This village consists of members from the Maasai tribe. Our main goal is to help educate children to become stewards of our lands. What better way than to go directly to a place that has such a huge environmental impact on the animals of Africa? During the pandemic, this village was hit hard by a lack of tourist dollars to support its village and schooling. Learning was spotty; teachers were not being paid, so classes were canceled, and children were not receiving an adequate education or regular meals.
The number of children involved included K-3 classrooms and 4 teachers, with approximately 100 students. Love the Wild Foundation was paying teachers' salaries, and breakfast & lunch for the children. The Environmental Classroom curriculum was being implemented in each class every day of the week.
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Drought in Kenya
During this time, there had been a major drought in Kenya, which began having negative impacts on the people and animals in Kenya. We worked to provide food for the villagers' cattle and goats, as well as hay for wildlife outside the perimeter of the Oltome Community Village.
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Olasiti School Project
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In 2023, Isaak Parimbai had worked on a project, where he was teaching young children at Olasiti Community School, in Kenya, Amboseli, to plant trees. Love the Wild proudly supported Isaak in this project. The photos show Isaak, students, and others helping to plant the trees.
Earth Day thank you video
Past Field Trips
Most Recent Field Trip: White Pine Stem Academy
Yellowstone
Students from the White Pine Stem Academy went on a field trip to Yellowstone National Park to see and learn about the wonders there. Students visited wonderful places like Artist Point and learned about the animals around the area at the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center. The students even got to see a real live bear!!!
One of our goals under the Love the Wild Foundation mission is to make children better environmental stewards. We were so happy to be able to sponsor a 4th grade class field trip to the Teton Science Schools where the children learned about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Teton Science Schools provides year-round programming for student groups from across the country. Their programs combine fun with learning and studying and observing mountains, glaciers and streams.
Students explored Grand Teton National Park on foot and found out about the WILD in the greater Yellowstone area through focused observation and inquiry. They performed team research and were even able to challenge themselves physically on the Doug Walker Challenge Course!
Trip to the Pinecrest Gardens in Miami
We are excited to be providing support to children who are involved with the Edge Charitable Foundation. The kids were able to go out and visit some beautiful gardens in Miami.