AWELY'S CAPS
This is the name given to our teams in the field, and refers to the caps they wear on their heads. They come from the regions where we develop our programmes. After training, they are charged with implementing a number of activities to achieve Awely's goals: the protection of the biodiversity as well as that of the endangered animal species coupled with development.
In a Red Cap programme, our work aims at mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, and try to bring harmony in their coexistence. The Green Caps work to finding ways to improve the situation of some emblematic endangered species which suffer through human activities, like through uncontrolled hunting and trade, or degradation of their natural habitat. Our teams start by doing a preliminary assessment. We need to know precisely the scope of the problems we have to solve. Then, using the collected results, we set up activities enabling village communities and animals to coexist peacefully.
We decide on prevention methods, protective measures, or microprojects of economic development, that generate sufficient income without over-exploiting the available natural resources. We encourage all local initiatives which can lead to more self-reliance for the local populations and, which can be of benefit to the species we want to protect. At the same time, we elaborate on educational actions and on the numerous tools that our teams present during training sessions, such as animations, group-meetings, work groups and school sessions.
