African Penguin Awareness Day took place on 12 October. Even though the weather did not play along and we weren’t able to waddle, everyone got together and celebrated these wonderful birds. Here are a couple of photos from the day:

Make a promise. One you know you can keep

It doesn’t matter who we are, how old we are or where we live. We can all make a Penguin Promise

Penguins abound, even on the little one’s faces!

Liezel van der Westhuizen also joined in the fun and supported African Penguin Awareness Day

Getting together for the African penguin

In the AfriSam Children’s Play Centre, the young ones had great fun making penguin money boxes

Great fun during the penguin puppet show

How tall do penguins grow? Emperor penguins grow up to 1.2m

A lucky member of the public was randomly selected to help with the African penguin feed

Sam, our penguin mascot, visiting the African penguins

So very proud of her Penguin Promises badge!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for African Penguin Awareness Day. Please remember to visit www.penguinpromises.com and to make your promise. We can all make a difference.

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