The PROJECT
We are becoming a global awareness campaign developing into an immense network of life size elephant monuments.
Sparkling Elephant Project is a campaign for the conservation of an endangered species, the elephant. Being under the name and acting as a tool of edutainment for the larger The Elephant Embassy Trust (TEE). The foundation on which the project is formed, is the aim to gather communities all around the globe that will, on a yearly basis, all construct their own Sparkling Elephant in order to widen the scope of attention that the elephants deserve at the global march, as well as throughout the years.
THE ELEPHANT EMBASSY TRUST
This is an NGO being registered in Austria and Tanzania. The Sparkling Elephant Project is part of TEE. The awareness is crucial in displaying the benefits that conservation of elephants will bring socially, economically and environmentally. As well as the global loss, which we would suffer, if elephants cease to exist. |
THE STORY BEHIND SEP
When disembarking a flight from Tanzania to South Africa, Marlies Gabriel, caught sight of the Amarula elephant and an idea was hatched. Local artist and friend, Remy Chama and his assistant Ema, built a life-sized elephant from welded re-bars and chicken wire. They named him Mwalimu. Mwalimu is Swahili for ‘teacher’ and the name strives for the idea that the elephant should spread the word and teach the people about the ills of poaching. |
SEP’s vision is to have a sensitized and informed society that acknowledges the invaluable role that elephants play within Tanzania’s tourism industry, environment, development and heritage. In addition, SEP also works for an absence of incentives to kill and sell elephants for their ivory and other body parts. People should no longer see elephants as profit or capital, but rather value them for their existence and contribution to society.