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"The Friends of Hwange Newsletters"
In partnership with Wildlife & Environment Zimbabwe and National Parks & Wildlife Management Authority
Issue
No 6. July 2006
Dear Friends of Hwange,
The
last month has been an exiting one for us……we have got all 10
waterholes up and running!!! Now the challenge is to keep them going
over the next few months until the rains start. This requires
5000 litres a month of fuel! One of our biggest challenges
though is getting it from
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Thank
you to Brett and Don of the Save Hwange Trust for organising
the donation
of a Toyota Land Cruiser, which they are kindly allowing Mario
to
use in the park. Thanks you to Toyota Holdings in generous
donation! The Save Hwange Trust have been a tremendous support over
the last few months, with organising some great donations and assisting
us where ever they can.
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We
had our first trust meeting in Hwange earlier this month, and for the
first time everyone was present at the meeting including Mario and
Barry who are based in Hwange. It was great to get Mario and
Barry’s input and to see how much they have achieved already!
Mario has done a great job repairing and maintaining the 10 waterholes
over the last 3 months. And Barry has been an immense support to
Mario and myself in trying to organise and plan everything!
During
this meeting we decided to install windmills and/or solar power in
order to reduce our monthly running costs, as diesel is not getting
any cheaper, and to find a more eco-friendly way to retrieve water
for the waterholes. This will initially be a large investment,
however thanks to modern technology; in the long term this will
reduce the running costs of the boreholes. We would be
extremely grateful for any help and donations towards this project.
Thank
you!
We
would like to thank the following companies and individuals
for
their generous donations:
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-Celcom
for the donation of a shed
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The
new Toyota Landcruiser |
A
big thank you also to the Save Hwange Trust in
Thank
you to Cyberplex
Africa
for
sponsoring this Newsletter!
On
behalf of the trustees, I would like to thank you for your support!
Best Regards, Maha
Trustees:
G.R. Brown; A.J. Preston; P. Turner; D. Dell; B. Edwards; Founder: R.A.
Franklin
The
Triton Centre,
Tel:
+263-4 498835/6;
Friends
of Hwange; Stanbic Bank; Borrowdale Branch: 3104; Acc No.: 01400
922432 01
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