Education And Awareness

Herp Ghana’s Education and Awareness Program makes science engaging and relatable, inspiring communities to protect local biodiversity from the ground up.

We believe that if communities are engaged in conservation issues in a way that is relatable and fun, then these communities will become passionate about conservation and will develop a pride for their local biodiversity. We have unique, local amphibian and reptile knowledge and scientific capabilities. We understand the threats to these species, and the dire consequences to ecosystems if these overlooked species are not protected. Through our Conservation Evangelism approach and other community outreach programmes, we will translate scientific knowledge and the urgency to preserve these species in a way that engages communities to drive conservation agendas from the ground up.

Outreach in schools and communities

Conservation Evangelism programs

Inter-community exchange programs

Our Education & Awareness Impact

20,000+

community members reached with conservation messages

135

local volunteers empowered as Behavior Change Champions.

40Ha

Land donated by local communities towards conservation action

80%

Reduction in local consumption of frogs in key communities

Impact Highlight

From Pulpit to Protected Area

In Amedzofe, our novel approach to conservation education – Conservation Evangelism – sparked a transformation. A sermon that wove together faith and environmental stewardship inspired a local church to donate 40 hectares of land. That gesture became the foundation of the OnePone Endangered Species Reserve, which now protects over 5,270 hectares of forest. This land not only shelters endangered frogs, pangolins, and butterflies, but has also become a model for community-led conservation. The community’s embrace of conservation has influenced nearby villages and earned OnePone classification as an IUCN Category 1a reserve—the highest level of protection. This success began with trust and a message that made science meaningful in people’s everyday lives.

What we do