Cuc Phuong National Park spans across 3 provinces, 4 districts, and 14 bordering communes. The majority of the population living in the buffer zone belongs to the Muong ethnic group, accounting for 80% of the local residents. Due to the economic hardships faced by many families, children born here face more disadvantages than their peers in the lowlands. Instead of enjoying a comfortable life with frequent opportunities for educational trips and nature experiences to learn about wildlife, these children must help their families earn a living every day.

Recognizing this as a significant disadvantage for children in the buffer zones of Cuc Phuong National Park, Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) launched a campaign during World Pangolin Day 2023. fundraising and awareness campaign. The goal was to provide children in the Cuc Phuong buffer zone with the opportunity to visit, learn, and experience valuable lessons about nature, the environment, and wildlife at the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center, fulfilling a simple dream for these children.

Following the campaign, although the funding for Education and Awareness activities was modest, the effort to spread a love for nature and a stronger message of wildlife conservation to children—especially those in the Cuc Phuong buffer zone—remained a priority. On March 25, 2023, SVW fulfilled its commitment by organizing an educational visit to the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center for over 60 children from the Ocean Edu English Center, located in the park's buffer zone.

During the visit to the Carnivore and Pangolin Education Center, the children had the opportunity to explore and learn useful information about nature and wildlife in general, and carnivores and pangolins in particular, through engaging visual aids that sparked their curiosity. More importantly, they participated in many meaningful, conservation-focused games, such as: Jungle Cat and Pangolin puzzles; crossword puzzles featuring interesting facts about wildlife; the "Road Home" board game; and animal origami.

As the visit concluded, we could clearly see the joy on the children's faces. They left with bright smiles and a commitment to the "3 NOs": no eating, no using, and no abetting the illegal hunting, transporting, or consuming of wildlife, helping to protect these species from the brink of extinction.

The children's joy is a great source of motivation for conservationists at SVW. It serves as a reminder that such activities should be held more frequently to provide more opportunities for children in the Cuc Phuong buffer zone to participate in nature and wildlife experience programs. This contributes to positively shifting their awareness regarding our precious natural resources.