Daktari Newsletter November-December 2011

Daktari NewsletterNovember/December

2011

By Andrea Leonard

Daktari Babies!!Caline gave birth to another beautiful little girl named Elfie on 10th November. She is such a sweetie and loves to be cuddled!

Our Bushbuck Maxi has given birth to her second baby girl who sometimes comes into camp with her mummy, but she’s very

very shy!!

Spring is the season of falling baby squirrels! We have raised and released over a dozen so far, they are soo cute, and a few of them

are VERY friendly, and even help you drink your drink!

More great volunteers!Hi, I’m Therese,

a returning volunteer from Australia I raised Aus$2000

by making and selling muffins!

I’m Laura, the volunteer coordinator. My wonderful friends and

family donated a whopping US$4500 to put a new roof

over our heads before rainy season!

Daktari Outreach ProgrammeThe Daktari Outreach Programme was launched in November and is going from strength to strength.

When Risette comes to our school we are very happy. We

love to learn about the environment and animals and all the jobs that we could have in

the future!

Risette challenged us to see which class could collect the most

rubbish, we won!! The whole village was the real winner though, as it is much cleaner now!

Tiki, the newest member of our Meerkat family still needs a sponsor of

R150 per month

Our 3 Dassies need a caring sponsor for R150 each per

month.

Beautiful Princess Maya needs a friend to sponsor R250 a month for her food

and care.

Shiloweni still needs more sponsors of R200 per month, to

fill his big appetite!

Tugela & Molopo need someone to sponsor them for just R250 each per month.

Caline still needs a sponsor for her & her babies Halloween & Elfie, just R300 a month each.

Other animals still need sponsoring…. Can you help?

Children at Daktari

November-December

Volunteers Nov-Dec(Clockwise from top)

Audrey, Maud & Aurore from France, Zoë, Rylan and Destry from USA, Sin & Therese from Australia, Teresa from Switzerland, Lara from Belgium, Maaike from The

Netherlands & Karen from Scotland

RIP GerriOur beautiful Spotted Eagle Owl Gerri sadly

passed away in December. He was very old and died peacefully. We will all miss him very much.

Making Daktari feel like home…At Daktari we have many different people, from many different places, with many different beliefs. We try to make everyone feel at home, so when a celebration is to be had, we all join in! In November we celebrated Thanksgiving, with our American volunteers, we had a roast dinner and apple crunch dessert, and we all stood up and said what we were thankful for.

December was time for the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas, secret presents were given, games were played and hats were made. Then after the festivities, the usual Daktari Madness ensued, beginning with “Let’s see how many hats Laura can wear at once!”

Dassies, Bats and Snakes…The Dassie names, as decided by our Facebook friends are…

Roley, Poley & Foley. Hopefully they’ll have some little “olys” to add to the group.

It’s snake season here at Daktari, it’s a harsh reminder that we do in fact live in the wild! Rangers from the local reptile centre came to rescue us from a Black Mamba in November & a Spitting Cobra in

December. Thanks guys!

As well as the baby squirrels that fall from our ceilings, we also came across a tiny baby bat, we made a plan and the cute little fellow was

quickly back in the loving arms (or wings!) of it’s family!

Bits and Bobs from November & December

Last week we invited the children of the staff to come to Daktari. We all had such a great week, especially Malebo, Senior’s daughter, who at 7 years old skipped most of the lessons in favour of colouring and playing!

This is Timon, only a few days old when he fell from the ceiling, we held little hope of him surviving. He’s now 2 weeks old and thriving!

The Piggies have been taking time off from being generally annoying.

Samantha decided she wanted to go to school and better herself, and Miranda

decided to try her hand at being a hairdresser! Gotta love the Piggies!!

FOOD THIEF CAUGHT!We all know porcupines will eat anything, Spikey

here decided to steal Sofi’s Apple Crunch while

she wasn’t looking!

It’s rainy season here at Daktari and we need to ensure the kids stay dry. Check out the fashionable rain macs!!

Daktari Nederland!!

Netherlands Bank Details

Stichting Daktari Bush School Nederland

KvK 53826736

ANBI Stichting

ING 5254438 te Rosmalen

Daktari now has a branch in The Netherlands.

You can now donate easily from The Netherlands into the Daktari Bush School Nederland

account!

Click on the image to go to web page!

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

You can donate by Pay Pal

Children ProjectEducate over 220 South African children

about nature & environment

Outreach ProgrammeTeach 125 Wildlife Club kids in rural

villages

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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

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Thank you to all our friends, sponsors, donors & volunteers, you make Daktari

possible!Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and

very HAPPY NEW YEAR