DAKTARI Newsletter May – June 2013

By Katrien Vermeulen

New Additions:

Hey, I’m Munchkin the Banded Mongoose. You

probably remember Bandit, well me and him are best

buddies. Don’t tell him this, but I think I’m in love with

him. I like to play hard to get though...

Hello sweet people, I’m Homola which in sepedi stands for Silent. I’m causing quite a stir around camp as I am always asking the volunteers to feed me. Once I got a bit confused though and accidently head-butted

our blind donkey, Eeyore, in the stomach! Luckily he is a gentlemen and just grunted and walked on.

Bird News:

‘Kakaaa Kakaaa’, which is hello in my language. I’m the magnificent

Verraux Eagle aka Black Eagle, but you can call me Jumper. I rule this

place, as all the other birds fear me and the humans can’t help but

admire me. The local children that visit me are afraid at first but I tell

them ‘kiko kika’ which means don’t worry, I will not hurt you. After that

they love me and I enjoy all the attention I get!

More Mongoose News:

What’s up? I’m sure you still remember me, the one and

only notorious Bandit! Well as you can see I have grown a bit

and I’m still adored by everybody I’m living with

this new chick called Munchkin, she is beautiful,

but please don’t tell her I said that. I can’t loose my

reputation…

Mr. & Mrs. Strauss:

Hi Everyone! Just thought we would check in and share with

you that we are feeling like royalty at the moment. Until now the

pesky monkeys have been stealing our dinner but the volunteers have come to our rescue and

proudly stand guard until we have finished. Which can often take

some time! Oh, and we also have a smart new shelter for when it rains. After all,

we don’t want to ruff up our feathers. It’s important to always

look ones best you know!

Reptile news:

Lazarus

So guess who has a smart new home?! You can now find me next to the tortoises and dassies (who you

have yet to meet..!) It’s great! Especially because every week I get

to see the kids show off their skills at mini golf. Although I’m pretty sure I

would win hands down if I got to play!

Until next time guys

LAZARUS

Sad News Richard, one of our banded mongoose sadly died a few days after becoming ill of what we believe was Aspiration pneumonia. Alice, our female meerkat, passed away after having a stroke and getting pneumonia, leaving Gasper and Tiki without Matriarch. The boys were very quiet for a few days but all the volunteers have been giving them lots of attention. They now have lots of females to cuddle with on a daily basis!

New Adventure for Risette & Loki!

We said goodbye to our lovely Risette & Loki She spent 3 years

with us being an amazing outreach manager. It is sad to let her go, but we know she is ready for her new adventure in Cape town. We wish you and Loki all the best!! Lots of

love from the Daktari Team!

A Special Thanks to our Donors!

• Brigitte Bardot Fondation for sponsoring 3 aviaries for bird of prey!

• William Andrews for donating $1000 in honor of Danielle Lorusso (ex-volunteer).

Amazing fundraising events:• Andreas Boussery (ex-volunteer) for walking

for 2 months from Belgium till the border of Spain and raising € 1810!

• Lewis Wright for running 10k with a 15kg bag on his back and raised € 610!

• Scott Groves for arranging a pub night with an auction that raised $ 4300 (Canadian dollars)!

Children @ Daktari

Children @ Daktari

Life @ Daktari

Eco-Clubs News

Hi everybody!

I am Claire from France and I am the new Outreach Manager of the Eco Clubs. I am so glad to come back to South Africa for one year!

I already love my new learners. They are so curious and clever. They want to learn so much. I hope I can help them to reach their goals!

See you at Daktari !

Eco-Clubs News

Kutullo graduated from SA Wildlife College! Well done, we are so proud of

you! Thanks to everyone,

particularly to Risette who guided me, and made

this opportunity possible.

Our website was hacked!We had some bad luck with our Daktari website Someone hacked it! Luckily Helmut from Media Slave was already

working on our new and improved mobile friendly website. We would like to thank him for his continued support! And

our new Marketing Manager Amy Hulme for spending a lot of time to help create an amazing website.

We apologize that our website isn’t a 100% ready yet, still under construction.

Get a MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet Card and help raise funds without

costing you a cent!!!It's FREE and every swipe counts!

Daktari is now part of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising programme which helps raise funds for schools, charities and environmental concerns across South Africa. It is the easiest way to support us, without even costing you a cent...

Apply for a free MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card and nominate DAKTARI as your beneficiary.

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The retail partner then donates up to 5% of your purchase to your chosen beneficiary. Every swipe counts!

Click here to apply on-line for a card, or call 0860 100 445, or visit any Woolworths store.

We really need your help!!Shiloweni still needs more sponsors of R200 per month, to fill his big appetite!

Caline and her baby Elfie, need a sponsor R300 each a month.

Please email us for all the animals. Thank YOU!

Scotty our African hawk eagle needs a sponsor for R200 per month.

Nikita, Bandit & Munchkin need a sponsor of R200 each a month.

Yster needs a sponsor for R200 per month.

Jumper our Verraux eagle needs a sponsor for R200 per month.

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

Children ProjectEnvironmental Education for

over 300 underprivileged

children

Outreach Programme

Teach over 200 Eco Club kids in

rural villages

In Germany Bank: Sparkasse Münsterland-OstBankleitzahl: 40050150 Konto-Nummer: 1350 88 888. Name: Spendensammelverein Münster e.V.Reference: DAKTARI-Südafrika – Busch-Schule & Wildwaisen - Station

UK(Tax

Deductible in UK)

US(Tax

Deductible in US)

In The Netherlands Stichting Daktari Bush School NederlandKvK 53826736ANBI StichtingING 5254438 te Rosmalen

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Thank you to all our friends, donors, sponsors and volunteers, we couldn’t do this without you!!

Goodbye Everyone! This will be my last newsletter. It is nearly time for me to move on after an incredible year at

Daktari. I met amazing people and raised beautiful animals and I will miss you all so much when I leave!!