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IFAW’s education programmes empower young people and communities to take positive action for animals.
- Our Animal Action Education programme reaches 5,000,000 young people in 40+ countries.
- Aboard our floating classrooms, children learn to respect and appreciate whales and other endangered marine wildlife.
- We teach community-based companion animal welfare from South Africa to Navajo Nation.
- We help local communities in Africa and Asia learn to live in harmony with wild animals.
The 2019 World Wildlife Day "Life below water" Art Contest is now open!
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Animal Action Education
- Art for Animals! The 2019 World Wildlife Day Art Contest is now open! The WWD 2019 theme is Life below water, so let's make a splash »
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Education news

Sonny the street artist is currently painting murals around the world highlighting imperiled species. He has chosen the Read more »

Selfies have become social currency. It is no longer enough to visit the Blarney Stone. You need an upside-down kissing Read more »

When I meet Jonathan at the Amboseli Serena Lodge where he works, it is almost 8 pm; he just knocked off for the day. He is Read more »
This World Wildlife Day, which this year has the theme of #ListentoYoungVoices, I want to encourage everyone to # Watch Video »
Our video team has been fortunate enough to chronicle so many of our successes over the years. Here is a rundown of our Watch Video »
At a standing room only event, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) was delighted to bring together CITES Watch Video »
On World Wildlife Day, I am proud to announce an extraordinary group of 34 young people, ages 18-25, from around the world Watch Video »
A training workshop to equip enforcement officers stationed at One-Stop Border Posts (OSBP) in Kenya and Uganda with skills to detect and deter transnational wildlife trafficking began today in Kampala, Uganda.
The training workshop hosted by the Uga Read more »
On this year’s UN World Wildlife Day, United Nations Environment, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launched the ‘Protect Our Wildlife Star’ campaign with young celebrities Jevon Wang, Jun Read more »
Boosting law enforcement skills of stakeholders is critical to detecting, managing and adjudicating over wildlife cases
In spite of evidence showing wildlife crime is linked to other forms of serious offenses, most countries apply wildlife policies a Read more »
Today marks World Rabies Day and reminds us that this disease, so rare in many places, still kills thousands of people every year. The large majority of the human deaths are children, and occur mostly in Africa and Asia. Official statistics list some Read more »
A unique effort to draw the attention of Chinese consumer to the plight of endangered species reaches a climax in Nanjing tonight with hundreds of thousands of shoppers having watched the animal picture show at the facade of a large building.
The the Read more »
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) and the Wildlife Trust of India (www.wildlifetrustofindia.org) will welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Con Read more »
For more than two decades, the International Fund for Animal Welfare - IFAW has joined with educators, parents and celebrit Read more »
It’s been more than 40 years since a small group of concerned citizens banded together to stop Canada’s cruel com Read more »
IFAW has had a long-standing involvement in supporting research on the humpback whale population of Oceania, and the Read more »
A conscientious individual is an outcome of numerous factors. Responsible parents and good teachers are the most evident, Read more »
Liwonde National Park in Malawi is a special place for me.
Not only is it home to numerous charismatic animal species, but Read more »
A unique conservation education partnership launched to great excitement at Liwonde National Park, Malawi today with hopes Read more »