Colobus Trust

Category: Education, Marketing | Date: Feb 26 2007 | By: admin

It started as any normal day would. I was seated at my marketing desk in the hotel lounge and had just finished telling some potential guests about The Colobus Trust and our eco-tour when an old mama approached. I was just getting up to greet her in the usual manner of “Jambo, how are you?” when she reached out for my hands and seemed very sad. I went to comfort her and she told me why she was so upset.

This lady had not only traveled to Kenya but also to other African countries in the past and it seems that although here in Diani we are conserving the Angolan Colobus in other countries they are not being conserved but killed to make rugs. The mama confessed to me that she had, without knowing the plight of these monkeys, bought one of these Colobus rugs, but now after hearing me talk about the Colobus Trust felt an enormous guilt.

The most important thing is that she visited the Colobus Trust and then filled in some forms so that she could keep sending money yearly to the Colobus Trust. She also said she was going to go home and support other organizations which deal with the conservation of natural habitats. For me this was a great achievement because I knew that the information I had given somebody could help to increase and protect habitats to the benefit of all the people and animals that use them.

Mary Mandela - Sales and Marketing