Project summary

. The project will focus on trainning journalists as agents of change on reporting on factory farming, animal cruelity and meat consumption. The effects of these on the environment., humans and animals. The journalists will also focus on positives of plant based diets, animal welfare and reduced factory farming in human, environmental and human health. The training will encourage the media to look at the weakness of law so that people may start to ask for review. Cages for both pigs and chickens will be a major highlight. The training will incorporate wild animals as well amd trophy hunting. Anti microbial resostance in humans will be emphasised. The media will also be encouraged to report about the EA community growth

What are this project's goals and how will you achieve them?

To get media coverage of animal welfare and plant based diets

To expose animal cruelity in factory farming

To get cage free commitments

To change animal welfare laws

To educate consumers on animal welfare and rights and how plant based can save animals

To grow th EA community

How will this funding be used?

Salaries

Meetings

Research

Campaigns

Who is on your team and what's your track record on similar projects

Director Alfred Sihwa

Finance and Admin Thamsanqa Moyo

Programmes Officer Nkosana Khumalo

Information Dalubuhle Sibanda

We have been doing the campaigns and we gave semi commitments of cage free, we threat donkeys and dogs through vaccinations. We also have engaged universities until they now have animal welfare in their education

We have semi commitments of cage free work from some farms in Zimbabwe.

We vaccinate domsticated animals like dogs, cats and donkeys against a hosts of pariastes

We have vaccinated over 7000 donkeys 3000 dogs and 300 cats

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails? (premortem)

Lack of knowlegde

Poverty

Culture

Outcomes

Improved animal welfare

Increase in plant based diet consumption

Reduction in Factory farming

What other funding are you or your project getting?

Open Wing Alliance cage free work

Craiglist fund cage free and vaccinations