By Anne-Sophie Mathieu | Marketing Manager
Dear supporters,
First, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU for your continued support and interest in DAKTARI. Your trust and support mean a lot to us.
Before I get started on the latest news from camp, we are exited to let you know about the next Microsoft YouthSpark Bonus Day! On WEDNESDAY 25th JUNE, there will be $200,000 available in matching funds from Microsoft, and the matching will be applied at 100%! It will begin at 12:00 PM (EDT) and will end June 26th, 2014 at 11:59:59 (EDT). Please check the time here depending your country and get ready on time.
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WHAT NEWS IN THE CAMP?
We are very proud to have had the opportunity to inspire, motivate and educate 150 underprivileged children since the beginning of the year, to care for their environment through the medium of a wildlife orphanage. Indeed, since January, DAKTARI welcomed all the grade 8 of the children from Lepono and Maahlamele School. You can read the promises of one of the children, Dineo, here. It is a good example of what kids can learn during their 5 days at DAKTARI. Note that the next school wich is waiting for us is Nareng. We can't wait to meet all of these new lovely children.
We did a survey for the children's parents, and here are a summury of the results:
- 99% of the parents have seen a difference in their child's behavior since his/her time at DAKTARI.- 87% of the parents think that their child's respect toward other people since his/her time at DAKTARI has improved.- 78% think that this stay at DAKTARI is beneficial for their kids
- For the parents, the 3 most important things are: 1. Interaction with animals (39%) / 2. Working with international volunteers (31%) / 3. One to one teaching (25%)
The 25th of May was a really excited day for the 10 kids who had improved the most during their time at DAKTARI. Indeed, we went on a Game Drive at Tshukudu Game Lodge with the children of Lepono and Maahlamele School. For most of the kids, although they live in a bush village, they never see any wild animals. This game drive is a chance for them to realize what they learnt at DAKTARI. Click here to read the entire article and see our game drive video.
We have had lot of babies these last weeks such as baby porcupines, marmosets, tortoise, python and kitten. The porcupines and the marmosets were born at DAKTARI, for the others we found them lonely in the wild and we are going to organize their release in the next few months. For the kitten, we found a lovely family in town who were very happy to receive him. Kids are always very happy to see newborns, so are we! Don’t forget to follow all of our adventures on our Facebook and Twitter page!
We have had lots of arrivals in the long-term volunteers. DAKTARI welcome a new office team, ready to take over the job! Check out here our article about the new team and their position.
DAKTARI is developing, welcoming more and more volunteers to increase our work, so we now need to extend our facilities. The purpose of our latest campaign is to build three cement platforms to house the volunteers, two ablutions block for the children, volunteers and local staff, as well as an office extension to allow us to continue our impact on the community. Support DAKTARI and help us to achieve our goals through:http://globalgiving.org/projects/build4daktari
Thank you again for supporting us, allowing the children to have a better futur!
Your contribution represent a lot and DAKTARI will not survive without you!
See you soon for new updates and adventures from the camp! :)
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