About us
The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) is a non-profit, Namibian trust established in 2003. It is located 100 km south of Sesriem/Soussusvlei on the NamibRand Nature Reserve. NaDEET believes environmental education must not only increase awareness and knowledge but also eco-friendly attitudes and skills in Namibia's youth and educators to promote participation.

NaDEET Objectives
To provide environmental education for Namibian children and educators, regardless of income, by
• addressing relevant environmental issues through hands-on, experimental learning.
• supporting the Namibian school curricula in a practical, learner-centred way.
• providing them with the opportunity of experiencing their county's namesake - the Namib Desert - first hand, thus creating a sense of respect and responsibility for their natural environment.

EE - a national and international priority
Namibia's vision 2030 and the United Nations' Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN - DESD) 2005 - 2014, now provide a strong framework for local action, such as NaDEET’s Projects:

• Environmental Education at NaDEET Centre
  Three to five day hands-on, experiential, environmental education programmes for Namibian youth, grades three to twelve. Learners participate in many activities such as solar cooking, recycling paper and learning about the plants and animals in the desert first-hand.
• Environmental Literacy Projects
  The main NaDEET literacy project is a youth mini-magazine available at no cost to all learners, educators and interested citizens in Namibia, called the Bush Telegraph. Over 7 500 learners and educators are currently subscribed. It aims to increase knowledge of and improve attitudes towards our environment through reading.

• Capacity Building and Tertiary Level Support

For non-English speaking visitors:
NaDEET Broschüre auf Deutsch (PDF, 900 Kb)

NaDEET brochure en Francais (PDF, 1,6 Mb)