Wild@Heart is a comprehensive and professional series of conservation education programmes for students aged 12 – 17. It has been designed by WOX Malaysia, a social enterprise that aims to connect people to endangered animals through conservation and education projects.
With access to a number of special conservation and education project sites, the Wild@Heart programmes allow students to gain backstage passes to endangered animals such as orang-utans, sun bears, and sea turtles. The projects range from captivity, rehabilitation and the wild, giving participating students the unique opportunity to participate in real-life conservation.
This immerses young people into the life of a scientist, accelerating their learning and motivating them to discover and explore the connection between animals, habitats and people through the scientific method.
Experimental quantification and reflective qualification let the students learn at their own pace, with the ultimate goal of allowing the synthesis of individual opinions and critical thinking. All done with an ethic of fun and hard work, this provides them with transferable skills that prepares them for future learning as well as developing them as global citizens for the challenges of a new Millennium.
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Discuss with us your school/institution’s education curriculum to see how the education programme can be neatly incorporated your student’s learning syllabus.
What is unique about this programme?
What change does this program bring about in students?
This program provides a very rare opportunity for students to participate in the project and make a personal, tangible, difference in each project site. This in effect serves to make the students personal stakeholders in the healing of threatened habitats and in the welfare of endangered species both captive and in rehabilitation.
Participants enter the program as students but exit as eco-citizens.
Where does the program operate?
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Why should a school or a student participate?
Schools are given a golden opportunity to deliver a holistic outward bound programme that address key current environmental issues in all international curricula. By participating in these programs students get an experiential immersion into complex topics that are difficult for teachers to plan practical activities for.
Whom does W@H target?
Wild@Heart targets any student aged 12 and above in any secondary school or college.
Any student who wants to make a difference, any student who wants a closer contact with nature, any student who wants a walk on the wild side or any student who loves animals is eligible to participate in the programs.
When do these programs take place?
These programs operate throughout the year and schools/ students are booked on a `first-come-first-served’ basis. Customised mix and match across project sites are also offered if the dates are available.
What next?
Visit the website www.w-o-x.com for detailed itineraries or contact our
Education Department at +60-(0)3-7725 2273 or email us at WildatHeart@w-o-x.com
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