Zimbabwean artists raise awareness about conservation through carvings

STORY: Zimbabwean artists raise awareness about conservation through carvings DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of artist carving out a lion figure from wood 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): CHAMUNORWA SHURAMATONGO, Wood Artist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona): CHAMUNORWA SHURAMATONGO, Wood Artist STORYLINE: One small piece at a time, Chamunorwa Shuramatongo is in his own way fighting a noncombat battle against animal poaching with his exquisite artwork of wood-carved animal figures. The talented artist from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, uses wood from dried-out trees to make hand-carved pieces of art that portray Zimbabwe's wildlife diversity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona): CHAMUNORWA SHURAMATONGO, Wood Artist "What I am saying is, let's conserve our wildlife so that when tourists come and see them, they will leave foreign currencies for the government and support us by buying goods so that we can make a living." He said each of his carvings, w