Welcome to the Junior Giraffe Club!
The Junior Giraffe Club is for youth aged 7-17 years old who are passionate about giraffes. It is a club where kids are seen as leaders of the next generation. The vision of the club is to create a worldwide community of giraffe youth ambassadors.
* Thank you to the Junior Giraffe Club members for their dedication to creating and maintaining this site.
* Thank you to the Junior Giraffe Club members for their dedication to creating and maintaining this site.
Activities
LEARN SWAHILI
Learn Swahili - Tanzania's official language - with Veila Makundi, the Anne Innis Dagg Education Coordinator for Wild Nature Institute. Veila will teach you how to say hello, thank you, goodbye and giraffe!
DID YOU KNOW?
Giraffe are the national animal of Tanzania.
Club Events
Poster
Download this poster at Ingenium Canada.
”It's very hard as a parent to teach kids the impact humans have had on the planet…when they are so innocently in wonder at the natural beauty of nature and our world. Having the opportunity to DO something…for a creature they are passionate about is a wonderful opportunity…Sincerely, thank you for running such a group and letting kids from all over the world connect in pursuit of giraffe conservation efforts”
- McKenzie K, California (United States)
Do giraffes sleep? Giraffes do sleep but only for 5-30 minutes at a time because they are afraid that a predator might come and eat them. If they are asleep, they would be easy to catch. In a 24-hour period, they will only sleep about 2-3 hours in total!
What do giraffes eat? Giraffes in the wild like to eat leaves from the nutritious acacia trees, bushwillow trees and sausage trees. They eat almost 100 species of bushes and trees!
What is the origin of the giraffe name? The origin of the giraffe name comes from the Greek word "Giraffa camelopardalis" which means "fast walking camel-leopard"!
Make an Origami Giraffe
Try making this cute origami giraffe. Special thanks to JGC Faciliator Rieka Kanai for making this video.
She has made MANY origami giraffe as she also helps with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation’s special events.
Kids in Action
Assunta
Clare
Both Assunta and Clare wanted to raise awareness for giraffe conservation. Learn more about their stories (and others!) by going to our Kids in Action page.
"Thank you for inviting Aidan to Junior Giraffe Club this past weekend. He’s been talking about it nonstop. When he came home from school yesterday he said he shared what he learned with his classmates...Thanks for a fun, engaging and informative session.”
-Allison, Florida (United States)
Read About Anne’s Story in these Beautiful Picture Books:
The remarkable true story of how a young girl's never-wavering fascination with the world's tallest animal leads her to become the first giraffologist: Dr. Anne Innis Dagg.
Written by Karlin Gray. Illustrated by Aparna Varma. Published by Kids Can Press.
A picture book biography about Anne Innis Dagg, a pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild and the world's leading expert on giraffes for decades.
Written by Kathy Stinson. Illustrated by François Thisdale. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
“Long live giraffes!”
At the end of each meeting, everyone signs off by saying one of
Anne’s favourite sayings.
Video created by JGC Member, Aglaia.