DAKTARI Newsletter September/October 2011

By Andrea Leonard

Chico had twins!!Everyone suspected that Mummy was pregnant again, but were not sure. Then when she started nesting, they thought that Michele was going to

miss the birth as she was in France, but no, Mummy held on for Michele’s return and finally gave birth to us, Pepito & Pepita, as soon as she

walked through the door!Don’t you think we made an excellent welcome

home present?!

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the cutest

little Bushbaby of them all…?

Never smile at a crocodile!

Snap snap! My name is Tugela, and this is my brother Molopo. We are new residents at Daktari and were named after rivers of South Africa.

We really love it here, we get yummy food twice a week and our own cool enclosure which has been

build for us on Ian’s lawn.

We now need to find a wonderful person to sponsor us for R250 each

per month. Can you help?

Welcome Dassies!!Hi there!!!

We arrived at Daktari in October and have settled in quite nicely. We were a bit nervous at first but now we love our

new home!Some of the volunteers think that we look evil, but we really

are very nice, if perhaps a bit shy :o)My brother, sister and I don’t have names yet, you can suggest names for us on the Daktari Facebook page!!

We also need to find a sponsor, for just R150 per month each, could that be you??

Children September & October

VOLUNTEERS SEP/OCTViviane, Charlotte & Arnaud from

Luxemburg, Anja& Gerrit from The Netherlands, Marylin from Canada,

Sofia from the USA, Tim & Andy from the UK, Colleen, Al & Lizz from the USA

MORE VOLUNTEERS SEP/OCTAurelie C, Anne, Leslie, Patricia, Sabrina, Anais,

Cecile, Gaby, Anna & Aurelie B from France, Barbara from Italy, Florence from Switzerland

Above & Beyond!!All our volunteers are awesome, and DAKTARI couldn’t run without them, but honorable mention has to made to our Very supportive Dutch friends Anja & Gerrit who raised €350, Liz & Sita whose friends and family raised €1660 and company (Vesting Finance Holland) gave €250 and Dominique , a former volunteer, who raised €750 by asking her friends and family to donate money to Daktari instead of

buying her a birthday present!Thank you also to the Ebken Family from the US who donated an extra $ 500 after their volunteer experience at Datkari.

Thank You From Daktari!!Wild-live Netherlands gave us a donation of R16,117!! Thank You!!

The Deutsche Bank Africa foundation made a donation of R120,000 to fund 10 groups of 8 children. They have been sponsoring us for the last 3 years and we greatly appreciate their continued support.

Click on the logo to visit their web page

The staff at Uniross in Johannesburg, having moved to a smaller office, kindly donated ALL the furniture and computers that didn’t fit in the new place! Thank you also to ULOAD for donating a lorry and driver to bring the things to Daktari!!

GIANT HAIL STONES HIT DAKTARI!!Monday 3rd October started out as a beautiful hot sunny day, then at lunchtime the sky became dark and the rain fell. Around 4pm the rain stopped and the sky

brightened and we all went out and carried on with our chores….. Then THIS came out of the sky! Hail stones the size of golf balls! Everyone ran for cover

and Michele had to run out into it to drag poor Eeyore under shelter!Everyone (animals, children, staff & volunteers) was shocked and VERY VERY

wet but unharmed, and armed with a tale to tell all their friends!Eeeesh! I hope we don’t see that again!

Oh bother…

Pick n Pay Sustainable Living Festival

We took part in Pick n Pay’s Sustainable Living Festival in Hoedspruit where we raised awareness of, and some money for DAKTARI. We held a raffle where the first prize was a night for two people at Makalali Private Game Lodge, including all meals and 2 game drives!!We had a great weekend and luckily the weather stayed nice until Monday when we were back home!A big big thank you to Cuan at Makalali for donating the prize to us, we, and Mr Van Der Westhuizen who won the prize, are VERY grateful!

Click on the Makalali Logo to visit their Webpage :o)

Purrrrr! I’m

Shiloweni and I’m

still looking for

more sponsors of R200

per month to help keep up with my

big appetite!

We 3 adorable

little Dassies need to find a

sponsor. Just R150 each per

month will keep us

fed.

Some of our animals still need sponsors. Can you help?

My name is Caline and I would really appreciate someone to sponsor me and my little

girl Halloween

for R300 each a month.

I’m Princess Maya, one

of the newest

members of the family.

For just R250 per

month you could take

care of Royalty!

How to Donate

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

Global Giving US(Tax Deductible in US)

Global Giving UK(Tax Deductible in UK)

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

Tax deductible In South Africa

Global Giving UK(Tax Deductible in UK)

Global Giving US(Tax Deductible in US)

From the USAText GIVE 2376 to 80088 to give $10!!

$10.00 donation to GlobalGiving. Charges will appear on your wireless bill, or be deducted from your prepaid balance. All

purchases must be authorized by account holder. Message and Data Rates May Apply. Text STOP to 80088 to STOP. Text HELP to

80088 for HELP. Full Terms: mGive.org/T. Privacy policy: goto.gg/privacy

Thank You to all our friends, sponsors and volunteers. Daktari can only

continue to do such wonderful things with the help of people like you! :o)