Colobus Trust

Celebrating with our schools

Category: Education | Date: Feb 13 2007 | By: admin

Colobus Trust is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. To start our celebrations we invited all of the schools that we work with in this area to enter a poetry / essay writing / picture competition. We held the prize giving afternoon for this competition yesterday. Nine schools came with about 150 kids in totals, so we held all of the activities on the front lawn by the beach, where we have lots of space. Some of the schools had prepared songs for the day, which they performed for everyone. Then we presented the prizes. There were three competition categories - pictures, essays and poems - each with themes related to monkeys / trees / nature in general / conservation. The first prize winners won a school bag with a set of stationery inside (notebook, biros, colours, geometry set, sharpener, rubber, pencil)., and wildlife jigsaws for their wildife clubs. The second and third prize winners got a stationery set each. After prize giving we cut a huge 10th anniversary cake for the Trust, and finished off the day with an out-of-control football match on the beach with all children, teachers, volunteers and Colobus staff members involved! We had two broken toes by the end but everyone had a great time!

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Wakuluzu Friends of the Colobus Trust

The Colobus Trust was established in Diani Beach, Kenya, in 1997 to save the endangered Angolan colobus monkey which was a frequent victim of roadkills. The Trust's trademark is Colobridges - bridges over the roads for save overpass. Gwili, a Welsh volunteer at the Trust reports on the day to day activities in an busy local primate conservation charity
My name is Gwili Gibbon. I'm Assistant Manager at The Colobus Trust. I am a British ex-volunteer who returned to work at the Trust after university, truly a dream come true. I joined in October 2007 and work hard to do what we can with our limited budget and small, but hardworking, team of volunteers and staff. I am using the experience I have gained through my education (& time here) and intend to use it to do all I can to ensure the survival of Colobus angolensis palliatus and it's associated habitats.
Donations Received
- Nov 7th Brenton H. USD30.00
- Sep 12th Brian C. USD27.50
- Sep 3rd Andrew F. USD50.00
- May 17th Sheryl B. USD20.00
- May 9th Wanda H. USD20.00
- May 2nd Theresa S. USD200.00
- Apr 27th Antony M. USD1000.00
- Apr 23rd Muriel T. USD40.00
- Apr 19th Susanna N. USD25.00
- Apr 18th Theresa S. USD25.00
- Apr 15th Josh R. USD13.00
- Apr 15th Emerentiane M. USD1000.00
- Apr 10th Ettore B. USD50.00
- Apr 10th Antony M. USD200.00
- Apr 10th Barry U. USD200.00
- Apr 3rd Theresa S. USD25.00
- Apr 2nd Theresa S. USD25.00
- Mar 13th Theresa S. USD50.00
- Mar 4th Lucia C. USD30.00
- Mar 4th Lowell F. USD50.00
Monthly

Car Fuel $10

Medicine $50

Monkey Food $25

Open donation

Total

One-time

Darting Equiptment $150

Video Camera $400

New Computers $100

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Total

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