Colobus Trust

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Dec 07 2007 | By: admin

I’m sad to say that my days here at the Colobus Trust have come to an end. I’ve honestly never had a month go by so fast! It’s sad to admit to myself that I won’t be waking up to the beautiful

Indian Ocean
at my doorstep tomorrow morning, nor will my days be filled with enriching, inspiring work for a noble cause with friends from all over the world.

While, as a student, my days here were few, in just one short month I feel like I’ve done so much good for the Diani primate population and the community as a whole. Whether I was out hiking around the fragmented coastal forests tracking and monitoring Colobus troops, yielding a panga in the hot sun to clear vegetation from the dangerous, un-insulated power lines, finding and destroying snares set around the forest, or just sitting in the office preparing a review of the Good Woods initiative, I never went to sleep feeling unaccomplished.

Every piece of the Trust has a unique importance, including office staff, managerial staff, volunteers, partnership organizations, and donors. I encourage every individual who feels compelled by the enigma of the human-primate interaction on the south coast to take up whatever role their capacity will allow. My university has been sending students to work with the Colobus Trust for many years, and I realize now why our relationship has remained strong. The Colobus Trust serves not only as a voice, but also as a set of hard-working hands for threatened primates here and around the globe.

Jacob

Colobologist

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