Protect the environment and wildlife from exploitation
Help us create AWARENESS and speak up against criminal activities that threaten the sustainable usage of our natural resources!
The LAC once again is inviting this time all schools in Namibia to participate in our second comic writing competition.
The LAC has in the past contributed to the creation of environmental education materials relevant to our Namibian situation.
We are convinced that urgent action is needed to address the dramatic interrelated challenges the world is facing. In particular, these challenges are the climate crisis, massive loss of biodiversity, pollution, pandemic diseases, extreme poverty and inequalities, violent conflicts, and other environmental, social and economic crises that endanger life on our planet.
Our urgent action requires transformative learning. Transformative learning for people and the planet is a necessity for our survival and that of future generations.
In the past decade crimes against wildlife and the environment have increased considerably in Namibia. The poaching of our beloved animals, harvesting of protected plants, and illegal logging of our forests are all on the rise. These crimes rob us of our shared natural resources; they are committed against all Namibians.
Our future depends on a healthy environment which is inseparable from the preservation and conservation of our biodiversity.
Help us create public awareness and speak up against these criminal activities that threaten our shared future!
You too can get involved!
Just create your own story about crimes against the environment or wildlife and show how they affect us.
Show us the consequences of such crimes and show us how to prevent these crimes from happening.
Your story can be real or imaginary – as long as your story shows us what you understand is a crime against wildlife or a crime against the environment, what the consequences for both the wrongdoer and the affected community/citizens and how to possibly prevent these crimes!
Your comic should not be more than 12 pages long.
Entries should be in the English language. Entries in vernacular must have an English translation provided.
Entries must indicate clearly the contact details for the entering school as well as the names of scholars who created the comic.
What must you and your school do?
Present your story in the form of a comic and send it to us before 31 October 2023. Use your imagination and creativity! The comic will be used to inform people across the country on this important issue.
Your comic could focus on any of the following issues:
- wildlife conservation,
- prevention of wildlife crime,
- the legal, social, environmental impacts of wildlife crime,
- illegal harvesting of timber and/or protected plants,
- sustainable management of our natural resources in the context of ensuring community livelihoods.
Click here as to how
Terms and conditions here
Other Resources available:
Baxu and the Giants video
LAC Wildlife Crime comic
Illegal timber harvesting comic
Pangolin comic
Free Ranger
The Incredible Adventures of H2) and his friends: comic
and also on YouTube
Action against wildlife crime: the facts – This is a Powerpoint presentation in Pdf
or also on a narrated version on YouTube
More on our website
Winning comic of 2022
Congratulations to the winners of our Comic Writing Competition 2022
Congratulations to Suiderlig Secondary School, Keetmanshoop, for winning our Comic Competition on Wildlife crime.Gabriel Valombola and Simeon Hangula produced a comic about the “Fight Against Illegal Timber” which won them the 1st prize of N$30 000,00 for their school. Vouchers to the value of N$3000,00 from Waltons and N$27 000,00 in vouchers to purchase eco friendly products for the school. The original was edited and printed to be distributed in due course.
2nd place, Sangwali Senior Secondary School, Katima Mulilo, with its comic titled: “Environmental Impacts on Wildlife” and winning vouchers to the value of N$15.000 for their school.
Unfortunately we could not deliver the price in person, but congratulate Toyano Junior Toyano for his achievement.
3rd place, Rehoboth High School with its comic titled “Illegal Harvesting of indigenous Plants” by Ndahafa Hamutenya and David Vaino, winning vouchers to the value of N$5000.
Announcing the winners, the director of the LAC, Ms Toni Hancox, stated: “It is important that each and every child should receive education on how to protect our environment, which is after all a very important part of their future prosperity.”
We received 54 entries from a total of 17 schools across the country from 11 regions. We were overwhelmed by the entries and want to express our gratitude towards the pupils who have participated in this project.
The winning comics were selected by the judges panel based on originality, visual elements, the character of the comic, the storyline, and how and if legal components were correctly included.
It is envisioned that printed version will be made available throughout the country in 2023.
We congratulate all the winning schools and hope that a similar competition can be repeated in the coming years.
