By Katlego Lesele | Director Assistant
The pandemic is not yet over and we are still battling to save our organisation from shutting down.
Not only did we need funds to feed the animals but also to maintain their enclosure, health and pay our general running costs that we brought down to the minimum.
We realised that one of our Antelope (Nyala), Nyalou, had a leg problem. Nyalou was an orphan and was hand raised at DAKTARI. When he grew up very healthy, Nyalou was released in the bush where he could graze and get used to wild life. However he still comes to the camp regularly to pay us a visit. Every time we see him, we make him happy by giving some extra food so he knows we still love him.
During a walk around, our volunteers noticed that Nyalou had a leg problem and was therefore very vulnerable to predators. All animals at DAKTARI are part of the family so this situation worried us a lot.
Our budget is very limited at the moment but we still decided to call Dr Peter Rogers our precious wildlife vet and YOU for help!
The microproject [Help Nyalou to recover] was created to fund the vet cost for Nyalou’s onsite consultation. With your great support we raised $707.00 which fully covered the treatment.
Dr Peter Roger found out that Nyalou had a sickle bush thorn stuck in his foot, which he successfully treated with his usual passion and professional care.
We would like to thank Fondation Brigitte Bardot for their generous donation, supporting us to feed animals in the wildlife orphanage ! Watch their support Link
In March 2021 we took part in the Little X Little campaign where we managed to $1,026 which we assisted which we managed to welcome students bit by bit with it.
Our fundraising campaigns through GlobalGiving brought us lots of emotions as well when we saw how YOU responded so positively and added your generous contribution to our needs.
We have been able to maintain food and care for all the animals and even had the wonderful present of babies from Câline, our beloved Dassie who is a great part of the family.
One of our nearest Rehabilitation centres, Moholoholo, gave us two goats, Ben and Rosy. It was so beautiful to have them as part of our family but we suspected that Rosei was a pregnant mother of two babies (Twins).
I sincerely hope you are all healthy on your side and as positive as we all are here at DAKTARI.
Lots of love from DAKTARI and South Africa.
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