I thought it was time for a quick update on the Appeal we launched for funding to cover the 150 educational DVDs to be used as prizes for the kids participating in the Environmental Awareness Competition. Several of you have already kindly sponsored a number of DVDs. We have also received support via our own website and from members of the Safaritalk forum.

We are now just $200 short of raising the total amount we need. Although this is not a huge amount of money, it is something we have to find over and above our regular annual budget. When the Giraffe Centre came to us requesting the donation of prizes, we knew it was important to help, because the Giraffe Center does such an amazing job, hosting thousands of children each year who not only get to see the giraffes close up but are exposed to a comprehensive conservation education program (which includes our films).

By the way, you can see some great photos taken at the Giraffe Center on Iregi Mwenja’s Bushmeat East Africa blog, right here on Wildlife Direct. This is the kind of experience the Giraffe Center gives to thousands of kids (and adults) each year - you can imagine, after experiencing this, how receptive people are to the conservation message! That is why we are happy to be able to work with the Giraffe Center to reinforce this message and bolster the amount of conservation education material available by making sure they have copies of all our films which they use as part of their conservation education program.

We’ll be there ourselves at the prize giving on June 6th, and will be sure to post some photos and a report about the event here…

If anyone is able to help us with the final $200 required to ensure all the kids receive their DVD prizes, we would be very grateful.

The 150 DVD prizes will comprise plus/minus 12 copies each of the 12 films AEFF currently has available.

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