About 100 kids from Nkongnine, Ebone, Ntolo, Nkola and Mangengole communities of the Mount Nlonako Area, Littoral Region of Cameroon are currently engaged in the production of media and arts tools that will be used for a community-wide sensitization campaign for the conservation of the world’s largest frog, goliath frog (Conraua goliath) and other amphibians species in their area. The media arts tools include drawings, songs, poems, open letters, articles and stories.
The kids and young adults are producing these media arts tools with inspiration from an ecological study trip in which they took in the month of January, to some amphibians hotspots in their communities like River Ndibe and River Dibombe. During the ecological study trip, the youngsters made direct observation of species in their habitats (dead and alive), feeding signs, dungs, threats, vocalization and others, which enhanced their understanding about the amphibians in their communities and boosted their zeal for conservation actions.
The Voice of Nature (VoNat) technical team is guiding the kids and young adults to translate the data gathered and lessons learned during the ecological study trip to media arts tools.
These media arts tools are expected to be used by the youngsters for media sensitization and a community-wide education and sensitization campaign in their communities in the weeks ahead. The exercise is being carried out as part of Ndimuh B. Sancho’s projects, to save the world’s largest frog in the Mount Nlonako Area from extinction with community kids and young adults funded by the National Geographic Society.