So this morning, I was perusing my monthly newsletter from the African Lion & Environment Research Trust (ALERT) who are one of the sister companies of African Impact, the organization I went to Zimbabwe through in 2007. I like to keep up to date on my lions.
Anyway, so in the newsletter, they go over [...]
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Lending: Now, with more goats!
February 4th, 2009
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September 27th: Early mornings, water, and flat tires.
May 18th, 2008
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Sept 27th – Early mornings, water, and flat tires.
For the last two days, we haven’t had to get up til breakfast (at 8)… and yet, I’ve been up before 7 both days. Damnit! I hate waking up when I don’t have to.
On Wednesday night, the water stopped. The power went out, too [...]
I can buy lots of space!
February 26th, 2008
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I’ve got a $10,000 zim note at home. With that, I can buy lots of space on this page!
How depressing is that?
Current black market exchange rate: $20,000,000 ZIM to $1 USD.
Black market exchange when I left: $320,000 ZIM to $1 USD.
Official exchange rate: $33,000 ZIM to $1 USD.
…yeah. Wow.
I dream of Africa
January 16th, 2008
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Last night, I dreamed of Africa.
I dreamed I was on an overlander tour, and evidently had no idea where I was… but things started looking familiar. So, I asked. And it turns out, we were near Hwange Natl Park. I got terribly excited, and begged to be able to stop at Miombo, and quickly [...]
Fate or Fluke?
January 3rd, 2008
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So Erin wrote about a bit of serendipity in finding out about the Mountain View conservation & breeding centre in Fort Langley.
To take that particular serendipity a little further… read their page on the Painted Dog Program:
The Painted Dog Conservancy employs local people to carry out anti-poaching efforts. Over the past several [...]
There are no words…
January 2nd, 2008
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To continue on with my previous post:
The exchange rate in Zimbabwe is now 5 million Zim to one US dollar.
That’s. Fucking. Insane.
Elephants!
December 7th, 2007
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Oh, so that’s how you spell it.
The downside of thick accents and odd spellings is … well, I often get things spelled wrong. So, I was quite pleased today while looking at the Wild Horizons elephant page to find information about both orphans I met… evidently it’s Chizi, not “Cheesy” and Tembi, instead of [...]
One Laptop Per Child
November 14th, 2007
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I love this.
One learning child. One connected child. One laptop at a time.
The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, we need people who believe in what we’re doing and [...]
September 24th – Red Cross and Monkeys
November 13th, 2007
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September 24th – Red Cross
The Big 5 group is here (5 of the people who joined us for the Pathfinders course two weeks prior), and they’re getting their orientation today. So, since Tara & I had that a few weeks ago, they had to find another way to occupy us. And, since it’s [...]
September 23rd – Back to Miombo
November 13th, 2007
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September 23rd – Back to Miombo
We said goodbye to Bethany this morning (She’s off to Antelope Park), and Tara & I (along with most of the people from the Big 5 group we’d done Pathfinders with) went back to Miombo. It’s good to be home.
Last night, we went to Shoestrings, a backpackers hostel/local [...]