newsletter march april 2011
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Daktari newsletter March/April 2011TRANSCRIPT
MARCH/APRIL EDITION
DAKTARI NEWSLETTER
Written by Rodolphe Demeestere
OUR WONDERFUL NEW ANIMALS
Daktari is pleased to inform you that it has two new tenants: ELVIS and PRESLEY the PIED CROWS!!!
They have been given to us by Moholoholo rehabilitation center who wasn’t able to release them due to their broken wings.
Thank you my friends for
welcoming us! It is so nice to be part
of the family…
MARCH/APRIL INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS
Robin – Tessa – Dominique – Marjolein - Barry and Anita from The Netherlands
Aurelien from France
Craig From Australia
PONCHO & NINA
ADOPTION!!!!
Poncho and I are so excited as we found a wonderful God Mother from Switzerland. Her
name is Pat and she was a volunteer last year. As we
never met her, we are now dreaming of visiting
the mountains of her country. We’ve been told that we could do skiing
there and eat lots of delicious chocolate. We started to pack our bag
but Chico, our mother, got very cross with us and
told us to wait to grow up a bit. In the mean time,
with Pat’s support, we are getting lots of worms, yogurt and all sort of
treats. We wait for your visit Pat before we can
visit your country!!!
SURGERY IN THE BUSHSomething definitely had to be done !!! I have been sexually harassed and it was time to get a break. Thanks to Provet Wildife Services who
gave Daktari a special price to put a end to Freddy’s perversion!!! A bush operation was made under the tree and Freddy went to sleep while the
magic tool was taken out!!! I wasn’t allowed to assist but everybody was around to give spiritual love to Freddy. He was a bit sore when he woke
up but what a relief for me !!! Thank you also to Karen Bain who sponsors my Freddy!!!!
SAD DAY AT DAKTARI
We are sad to tell you that we lost one of our most beautiful animals, Snaky the Brown Snake-Eagle. Snaky was caught by a Honey Badger during the night.
Unfortunately, we came too late...
However, we know we can’t go against the law of nature and all keep a really good memory of our wonderful Snaky.
CHILDREN AT DAKTARI
Daktari Children in Kruger National Park
The Kruger Park management have enabled us to bring our ten best students every two months,
free of charge, to the park.
Daktari did our first excursion with the children coming from Leoma School. The volunteers
sponsored the petrol of the car to make it possible.
It was a real success!!
The kids were lucky as they saw elephants, rhinos, buffalos, lions,
giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, zebras, and different types of
antelopes…
The children also visited Satara and Olifants camps and had an
idea of all the job opportunities in Game Reserves.
March Global Giving Challenge
Daktari wants to send a special thank to the people who supported them for the
Global Giving bonus days campaigns.
Thanks to you, Daktari has been able to raise R 7050
which means more goodies for me hopefully!!!
Daktari really appreciates your support!!!
For the one who couldn’t give at that time… watch out for
the next Global Giving campaign in May. Yes, they will send you emails again.
Global Giving Recurring Donation Campaign
Two weeks ago we had the visit of two lovely ladies from Washington DC. They wrote a post card on the website about Daktari, you should have a look at it by following this link. They work for Global Giving and explained me all about the recurring donation campaign that will take place from the 2nd to the 20th of May.
Recurring donation means that you can decide to give to
Daktari as little as 10 $ (€ 6.84 - £ 6.07 - R 67) per month for as long as you want. It’s very easy,
quick and you can stop when you want. We will tell you
exactly how to proceed by email in the next few days.
Honestly, think about it !!! What is $ 10 per month ? For Daktari it feeds two underpriviged
children for a day, and I get the left over ….
Global Giving Recurring Donation Campaign
And…. If Daktari gets the most people to sign up for recurring donations they will get
$ 500 bonus. If they are the one who gets the most
donors, they will get an additional $ 1000.And…. If they the highest donation
amount…. They will get an additional $ 1000What do you think Eeyore ? Will they go for it
and support Daktari in this challenge ?
Please, Please… let’s get many recurring donations
so they could all be proud of me and my
fundraising competences… How can you say No to me ? I am
the sexiest warthog in the world!!!!
Our new project on Global Giving :Teach 125 Wildlife club kids in rural village
Risette, Kirsten and Rodophe have worked very hard to put together this new project. I know it because when I go to lick their ears at night they say to me « Leave me alone Chico, I’m tired and need to work
on the new project ». So my baby Poncho and I had a closer look into this
project…Basically what they plan to do is to follow up and
support the wildlife clubs which have been created by the children who previously
visited Daktari. At the moment they are left alone as Ian and Michele do not have any spare minute to
support them. Daktari feels very bad about it. The project will employ one
person who will go every day of the week to dynamise
and assist the 5 wildlife clubs of the village.
The project aims to have a direct influence in schools and villages
by extending Daktari already existing program. They start this
program to educate underprivileged children about
the benefits of recycling, reducing pollution and anti-
poaching; to provide guidance and tools to apply successfully for Eco-tourism jobs; to enable the schools to obtain the South African Eco-label; to organize trips to wildlife sanctuaries.You can donate to this new
project by following this LinkIt’s a great opportunity to
encourage this project by making a recurring donation !!!!
Our new project on Global Giving :Teach 125 Wildlife Club-kids in rural village
More Solar Equipment for Daktari
Last month Ford Marketing donated enough money so we
could afford to upgrade our solar equipment. Our solar supply was still not sufficient for our needs. Paolo from Sky Solar Systems
donated his engineering, knowledge and transport to help us to re-think our installation. We also got the wonderful support
of Deltec who donated 14 batteries. Without these
donations, we would have never been able to afford such a strong equipment. We are proud to use green energy and be a good role model to our children. Also this way we will reduce our petrol
and generator expenses tremendously.
Thank you so much Sky Solar Systems and Deltec.
WAYS TO DONATE
Global Giving U.K.(tax deductible in the UK)
Children - ProjectOver 220 South African youth educated about
nature
Global Giving U.S.(tax deductible in the US)
Vehicle-ProjectVehicle to transport
underprivileged children
Teach 125 Wildlife Club kids in rural villages
You can click on any of the logo according to your country and the project you chose to donate to
In South Africa
In South Africa(tax deductible in South Africa)
In Germany Bank: Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost Bankleitzahl: 40050150 Konto-Nummer: 1350 88 888. Name: Spendensammelverein Münster e.V. Reference: DAKTARI-Südafrika – Busch-Schule & Wildwaisen - Station
In South AfricaBank: First National Bank, Hoedspruit, South AfricaSwift number: FIRN ZA JJ Branch Number: 270652Account Number: Cheque Account (Non-Profit) 62044965129Name: Daktari Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa
- AND THROUGH OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT -
MORE WAYS TO DONATE
Thank you to all of you. Friends, donors and sponsors.And thank you to all the volunteers who help us to be as good as
we are.