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Sequence goals to encourage lasting, impactful behaviour change in younger viewers in Africa, inspiring the subsequent technology of environmental advocates by offering them with the data and expertise to know, preserve, and shield the world round us.
- Native collection presenters introduced
- Kenya-based White Rhino Movies introduced as manufacturing associate
Nairobi, 20 April 2022: Within the lead as much as Earth Day 2022, The Walt Disney Firm, Wildlife Direct, the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) and the U.S. Division of State have introduced that manufacturing has commenced on the Nationwide Geographic Youngsters Africa academic leisure collection.
Nationwide Geographic Youngsters Africa is a collaborative effort to rejoice the setting and lift consciousness of conservation and related points by way of a factual leisure programme for youngsters. The challenge goals to encourage and promote optimistic behaviours amongst its audiences to guard the world by which they dwell, by way of engendering a deeper understanding of their environments.
The 26-part tv collection shall be shot primarily in East Africa with extra filming in West and Southern Africa. The collection shall be produced by The Walt Disney Firm with White Rhino Movies because the manufacturing associate. White Rhino Movies is a youthful, artistic and vibrant manufacturing firm, based mostly in Kenya with a ardour for crafting high quality and interesting tales.
Implementation associate WildlifeDirect will collaborate on analysis and inventive approaches for the collection, as properly spearhead related group outreach tasks throughout East Africa, aiming to encourage learners from 200 colleges to make an enduring impression on the conservation of species-rich landscapes. By investing in data and expertise, by way of instruments similar to conservation hubs, academic sources, bespoke educator coaching, skilled exchanges and extra, the outreach program goals to develop a passionate group of younger explorers with the fascination and need to guard their continent and their world.
Nationwide Geographic Youngsters Africa will air throughout Africa on each Nationwide Geographic Wild and Disney Channel, late in 2022, with partaking digital extensions on social media platforms that may enable viewers to additional discover subjects addressed within the collection.
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For extra info, please contact:
For The Walt Disney Firm Africa:
c/o Jenny Griesel Communications
For WildlifeDirect:
Trish Sewe
For U.S. Division of State
The Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs:
For USAID:
About The Walt Disney Firm EMEA:
The Walt Disney Firm, along with its subsidiaries and associates, is a number one diversified worldwide household leisure and media enterprise that features Disney Parks, Experiences and Merchandise; Disney Media & Leisure Distribution; and three content material teams—Studios, Common Leisure and Sports activities–centered on growing and producing content material for DTC, theatrical and linear platforms. Disney is a Dow 30 firm and had annual revenues of $65.4 billion in its Fiscal 12 months 2020.
The Walt Disney Firm has been in Europe, Center East and Africa (EMEA) for over 80 years and employs hundreds throughout the area. Between Disneyland Paris and its different iconic manufacturers, together with Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Nationwide Geographic, 20th Century Studios and ESPN, The Walt Disney Firm EMEA entertains, informs and conjures up thousands and thousands of customers in additional than 130 international locations by way of the ability of unparalleled storytelling. Disney+, the corporate’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, is at the moment obtainable in 17 markets throughout Europe.
About WildlifeDirect:
WildlifeDirect is internationally acknowledged as a excessive impression Kenyan based mostly group that seeks to vary hearts, minds and legal guidelines in order that Africa’s wildlife endures endlessly. The mission of WildlifeDirect is to attach individuals to their wildlife and nature and encourage them to treasure it and act to preserve it. The group produces Wildlife Warriors, a preferred wildlife TV collection about our wildlife heroes and heroines, and the animals that they’re saving. We goal to remodel and catalyze the wildlife movie making trade in Africa. The collection is screened on nationwide TV in addition to in lecture rooms by way of the Wildlife Warriors Youngsters conservation schooling program.
About USAID:
The U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) is the world’s premier worldwide growth company and a catalytic actor driving growth outcomes. By our cross-sectoral programming, USAID works to handle the world’s most pressing wants, together with biodiversity conservation, schooling, and financial growth. USAID works to assist elevate lives, construct communities, and advance democracy. USAID’s work advances U.S. nationwide safety and financial prosperity; demonstrates American generosity; and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience. President John. F. Kennedy created USAID by govt order in 1961 to steer the U.S. authorities’s worldwide growth and humanitarian efforts.
About The U.S. Division of State
The U.S. Division of State leads America’s overseas coverage by way of diplomacy, advocacy, and help by advancing the pursuits of the American individuals, their security and financial prosperity. By its 270 diplomatic missions world-wide, the Division of State is dedicated to supporting public outreach efforts round key overseas coverage issues that assist construct peaceable relations between the individuals of the USA and folks of different international locations, in addition to advance U.S. overseas coverage and nationwide safety objectives.
The Bureau of Academic and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) mission is to extend mutual understanding between the individuals of the USA and the individuals of different international locations via academic and cultural trade that help within the growth of peaceable relations.