URGENT APPEAL FOR HELP!!
Category: Education, Habitat Restoration/Conservation, Human - Primate Conflict Resolution, Primate Rescue/Rehabilitation, Research, Uncategorized | Date: Feb 09 2007 | By: admin
Costings for translocation of Colobus Trust facilities to new site
The plot that the Trust has been based at for the past 9 years is being sold by the landlords and it is very likely that we will have to move to a new site within the next three months. We have found an appropriate new site to rent but need to raise at least 17,530 $US to construct the necessary facilities at this new location. IF WE CAN’T RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE MOVE, THE TRUST IS IN GREAT DANGER OF CLOSING DOWN. CAN YOU HELP? THIS APPEAL IS URGENT
If you can donate money, construction supplies, or labour services to help us with our move please email Jophie at jophie@colobustrust.org for more information.Below are the estimated costs of this building work.
1) Rehabilitation cages
The Trust provides long term rehabilitation care for primates that were previously kept as pets, and prepares them for release back into the wild. Currently the Trust is able to house a maximum of 8 animals, but would like to increase capacity to 14 animals.
Subtotal 394,950KSH $5,642USD
2) Vet clinic
The Trust provides a veterinary service for primate victims of human / wildlife conflict in the Diani area, as well as for animals in long term care.
Sub Total 184,050KSH $2,629USD
3) Quarantine enclosure
New arrivals at the Trust are kept in an isolated quarantine area for two weeks after arrival, and monitored for disease, before being transferred to the rehabilitation cage. The existing quarantine enclosure is relatively new so most of the materials can be reused at the new site.
Sub Total 44,980KSH $643USD
4) Visitors car park
A small car park is essential for the various visitors to the Trust.
Sub Total 36,000KSH $514USD
5) Visitors and staff toilets
The Trust provides all day education workshops for primary and secondary school children, as well as educational tours for national and international visitors. Toilet facilities are required for these groups and also for staff and volunteers. Toilet bowls, cisterns, stone blocks and mabati roofing can be taken from the toilets at the current site, and a septic tank is already in place at the new site.
Sub Total 36,560KSH $522USD
6) Shower room / toilet
Within the main building at the new site, an additional shower room / toilet is required for use by volunteers living on site. Currently there is only one shower room in this building. The Trust caters for up to ten volunteers so needs two shower rooms. The toilet bowl and cistern can be taken from the current site.
Sub Total 26,650KSH $381USD
7) Additional volunteer accommodation (permanent tent with thatched roof)
The main building at the new site can only accommodate 8 volunteers, so it is necessary to provide accommodation for an additional 2 volunteers elsewhere. A permanent tent with thatched roof, erected just outside the main building, is the most economic way of achieving this.
Sub Total 42,280KSH $604USD
Store room
A store room needs to be incorporated into one of the rooms in the main building, for secure storage of shop merchandise, tools and office stationery.
Sub Total 13,200KSH $189USD
9) Office
A suitable room for the office already exists in the main office, but it needs to be adapted slightly.
Sub Total 45,500KSH $650USD
10) Shop and education centre
A suitable room for the shop and education centre already exists in the main office, but it needs to be adapted through addition of shop counter, display shelves and seating.
Sub Total 26,000KSH $371USD
11) Furniture
Most furniture required can be taken from the Trust’s current location however additional seating is required for the new education centre and volunteer / staff sitting room.
Sub Total 60,000KSH $857USD
12) Nature trail
At its current location, the Trust has a nature trail that it uses for educational purposes for visiting school groups and tourists. Tours of the nature trail also generate important income from the Trust through donations from visiting tourists. A new nature trail will have to be created at the new site. A suitable area of forest has been targeted for this.
Sub Total 147,000KSH $2,100USD
13) Paint
Paint is required to repaint the internal and external walls of the new main building, with wildlife murals in selected areas and plain walls in others.
Sub Total 9,200KSH $131USD
14) Additional costs
All the quotes given above are estimates and may be subject to minor fluctuations. In addition, funding is required to cover transport of building materials, transport of items between the old and new sites, administration and supervision of building work and the move, and any contingencies. This has been estimated at 15% of the total costs given above.
Sub Total 160,000KSH $2,286USD
TOTAL COSTS
1,226,370 KSH / 17,520 $US
New Bridge in a strange location!
Category: Habitat Restoration/Conservation, Human - Primate Conflict Resolution | Date: Jan 31 2007 | By: admin
Today a team went out to erect the newest Colobridge in a slightly strange place. Johnno the owner of a private house called Norjean found that his Colobus troop were having a slight problem when a branch from his Baobab tree fell down in high winds. It meant that the troop could no longer get onto the roof of his property which is an important route for them to cross the property as well as being a favourite sunbathing spot for the monkeys! So last week Johnno gave us a call to see if we could help! This was definately a first for the Trust, however Phil our Colobridge expert took it in his stride and quickly knew how to slove the problem. So after building our shortest bridge to date at only 8m and an hour and a half of ladder and tree climbing this afternoon the bridge was in place! Sadly the troop were not around to see if it was a success but we are awaiting an update from Johnno! Stuart - Assistant Manager
Colobus Trust Plot Sale Crisis!
Category: Habitat Restoration/Conservation, Human - Primate Conflict Resolution, Primate Rescue/Rehabilitation, Research, Uncategorized | Date: Jan 30 2007 | By: admin
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP US????? WE URGENTLY NEED FUNDS.Â
The Colobus Trust has been on a plot of Diani Beach for 10 years that is 80% forest. This forest is a habitat for a troop of Colobus monkeys as well as many vervets, sykes, yellow baboons, bush babies, suni antelopes, and many other birds and mammals. It is also the home of our Colobus Trust Cottage which contains our visitors centre, housing for volunteers and an administrative office. The plot also has our rehabilitation cages, our quarantine cages, a veterinary clinic and a nature trail for eco-tours.
We have been renting the plot for the past 10 years, and now the owner has put it up for sale and development. There is currently a bid on the plot, however, if we can raise the money to match the price we could possibly purchase it ourselves.
If we don’t raise the money to purchase the plot ourselves, we will be forced to move, and all of our hard work we have put into developing the cottage, vet clinic, etc. will be lost! In addition, it will cost us a lot of money to move - money that should be spent on saving the Colobus Monkeys!
Please email Jophie at jophie@colobustrust.org if you are able to donate funds to help prevent this tragic crisis!
De-Snaring
Category: Human - Primate Conflict Resolution | Date: Jan 19 2007 | By: admin
Today we went de-snaring in a small plot of forest near the Trust with some volunteers and a couple of staff members. De-Snaring basically involves walking around the forest trying to find small pieces of wire or string that poachers put out to catch Suni antelopes. Unfortunately, these snares will catch any wildlife that comes near it, including Colobus monkeys. Often times, the monkeys will break the snare from the tree holding it, but the snare will remain caught in their skin or fur. These snares become infected and can often end the lives of these primates. Poaching such as this is also illegal, so we go around once a week to collect up any snares we find and destroy them.
Today we found one of the largest snares ever found by the Trust. It was a piece of rusty barbed-wire, stretched from one tree to another, with small wire loop-snares all along the barbed-wire. It stretched for about 4 metres along the forest floor, and anything that walked by – including humans – would trip on it or get caught in the snares. 
As we were cutting the wires and wrapping things up we came across the decomposed skeleton and fur of a Colobus. It appears he got his foot caught in one of the snares and was unable to free himself. He most likely starved to death. It was a very sad thing to find, and further showed the need of the Trust to go out and remove these snares as soon as possible so something like this doesn’t happen again in the future! – Lindsay, Volunteer
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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
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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.
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Donations Received
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- May 17th Sheryl B. USD20.00
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- Apr 15th Emerentiane M. USD1000.00
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- Apr 3rd Theresa S. USD25.00
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- Mar 4th Lucia C. USD30.00
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