{"id":13372,"date":"2012-01-16T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T07:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/save-our-seas-shark-centre-to-educate-and-empower-3-000-cape-town-youths-in-2012\/"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:13:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T07:13:49","slug":"save-our-seas-shark-centre-to-educate-and-empower-3-000-cape-town-youths-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/save-our-seas-shark-centre-to-educate-and-empower-3-000-cape-town-youths-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Our Seas Shark Centre to Educate and Empower 3,000 Cape Town Youths in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>Today, the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay announced plans to increase outreach to local youths for marine education workshops in 2012. \u201cThis is a remarkable local community in a very special marine environment\u201d stated Heidi Thorm\u00e4hlen, Shark Centre manager. \u201cThe Centre\u2019s goals in 2012 are to give more of Cape Town\u2019s youth access to educational resources and to build on the excellent science that has been a center-piece of our efforts.\u201d A new scientific research project with the University of Cape Town will be announced shortly focusing on the study of sharks and other marine life in False Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Last year 2,521 local Cape Town students participated in the Shark Centre\u2019s free marine education workshops and programmes. Shark Centre Education Officer Paul Millar stated, \u201cOur long term objective is to extend these programmes into schools and disadvantaged communities beyond the Southern Peninsula, and into the greater part of Cape Town.\u201d Education programmes at the Centre currently include \u201cShark Talk 101\u201d discussions given at schools, day trips to the Shark Centre with an exploration of rock pools, as well as overnight \u201cMarine Camps\u201d in collaboration with The South African Shark Conservancy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharkconservancy.org\">www.sharkconservancy.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Shark Centre is pleased to welcome Heidi Thorm\u00e4hlen as the Centre Manager and Kim von Brandis as Public Relations Manager, joining Education Officer Paul Millar and Operations Officer Kevin Baker. In addition, the Centre is very proud to announce the promotion of Zanele Mayiya, who has worked at the Centre since it opened, and who will take on additional responsibilities assisting with the education and running of the Centre. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, the summer months highlight the importance of beach safety and the Centre\u2019s collaborations with Shark Spotters(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharkspotters.org.za\">www.sharkspotters.org.za<\/a>). The Centre will continue to work with Shark Spotters, a Save Our Seas supported project since 2009,and other local non-governmental organizations to educate and empower the public to advance bather safety. For any queries about shark incidents, please contact Sarah Titley from Shark Spotters T: 021 783 3433.<\/p>\n<p>The Shark Centre is open daily to the general public, Monday-Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturdays from 10am until 3pm. Visitors to the Centre can expect to see small sharks and marine life in the aquarium, view marine documentaries and find out general shark and research information. For educational requests or enquiries, please contact Paul Miller <a href=\"mailto:Paul&#64;staging.saveourseas.com\">Paul&#64;staging.saveourseas.com<\/a> or T:021 788 6694.<\/p>\n<p>Like us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharkcentre\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharkcentre<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saveourseas\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/saveourseas<\/a> to keep up with the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the Shark Centre is to encourage the conservation and awareness of sharks and marine life in the False Bay area through public educational programmes and ongoing scientific research. More information is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/\">https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay announced plans to increase outreach to local youths for marine education workshops in 2012. \u201cThis is a remarkable local community in a very special marine environment\u201d stated Heidi Thorm\u00e4hlen, Shark Centre manager. \u201cThe Centre\u2019s goals in 2012 are to give more of Cape Town\u2019s youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Save Our Seas Shark Centre to Educate and Empower 3,000 Cape Town Youths in 2012 - 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