Chiemeka Chiedozie, the Project Director Human Global Concept, Nigeria and Africa is one man that is passionate about caring for animals, reports Justice Ilevbare
Chiemeka Chiedozie is passionate about animals. For many years, he has been involved in caring for animals and that passion has led to the establishment of Human Global Concept, a non-governmental organization (NGO) about four years ago.
Through his non-governmental organization, Chiedozie promotes animal welfare in Africa specifically for children below the ages of 19 years – His mission is impact knowledge on the children to have relevant information about animal kingdom and how to care for them.
Chiedozie who had been running this project for the past four years has taken the campaign to different primary and secondary schools; “I have been to over 200 primary and secondary schools to educate young people about animal kingdom. I showed them documentary and take them to zoos to see animal life to let the children have good relationship with animals so that they won’t develop the passion of killing the animals,” he said
He explained further that an average Nigerian doesn’t have passion for an animal, all they know is how to kill animals and this is a project to educate them; “I said to myself that this destructive attitude must be stopped because every Nigerian is an animal killer,” he said.
According to Chiedozie, the project is first of its kind in Africa, “Nobody has done this in Africa, I just took the challenge upon myself to start the project,” he said.
On how he gets the project funded, Chiedozie who has travelled to Ghana to address people on animal rights said he gets only material donations from United Kingdom and United State of America to run the project. “I have done animal conferences and exhibitions which had over 300 people attended. I finance it myself and also task people to donate to the project. Finance is the major challenge rocking the project,” he explained.
He wants the government at all levels to partner with the non-governmental organisation to be able to fund the project. He has also gotten support from a non-government organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA), in United Kingdom.
Chiedozie who had been featured in Animal Times Magazine in United Kingdom had just been made world animal ambassador for Nigeria.
He wants Nigerians to care for animals “animals have feelings and emotions just as people have because they can’t talk people take advantage of them, if every Nigerian has feelings for animals’ people will not be killing their neighbours and families for rituals,” he advised
He explained further that an average Nigerian doesn’t have passion for an animal, all they know is how to kill animals and this is a project to educate them; “I said to myself that this destructive attitude must be stopped because every Nigerian is an animal killer,” he said.
According to Chiedozie, the project is first of its kind in Africa, “I just took the challenge upon myself to start the project,” he said.
On how he gets the project funded, Chiedozie who has travelled to Ghana to address people on animal rights said he gets only material donations from United Kingdom and United State of America to run the project. “I have done animal conferences and exhibitions which had over 300 people attended. I finance it myself and also task people to donate to the project. Finance is the major challenge rocking the project,” he explained.
He wants the government at all levels to partner with the non-governmental organisation to be able to fund the project. He has also gotten support from a non-government organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA), in United Kingdom.
Chiedozie who had been featured in Animal Times Magazine in United Kingdom had just been made world animal ambassador for Nigeria.
He wants Nigerians to care for animals “animals have feelings and emotions just as people have because they can’t talk people take advantage of them, if every Nigerian has feelings for animals’ people will not be killing their neighbours and families for rituals,” he advised
