Hwange Trust

In partnership with Wildlife & Environment Zimbabwe and National Parks & Wildlife Management Authority

Issue No 8. September 2006

Dear Friends of Hwange,

The heat has arrived and the water is evaporating rapidly in Hwange. We are now running the engines 24 hours. Mario is now in Hwange most of the time, refilling the engines and doing minor repair work. Thank you again to all our donors for your support. Without you the situation in Hwange would be dire. Thanks to you the Park is doing great!

A very big thank you to Johnny Rodrigues, from the Zimbabwe

Conservation Task Force delivered 17500 litres of diesel to

Hwange National Park. UNIFREIGHT provided the tanker

and Johnny collected the fuel in Bulawayo and delivered 10 000

litres to National Parks and the balance to Mario for our 10 pumps.

Thank you also to Paul Kersten at Mansed for providing the diesel

at cost price!

There has been a delay with the windmills and they will now be arriving in Hwange in mid-October. So I am sure the next issue will be full of news and pictures of the installation of the Poldaw windmills. Thank you to National Parks for providing accommodation at Main Camp and helping wherever they can!

We are still looking for a bits and pieces for National Parks. They require a few items for their White Rhino Monitoring and please remember that every little bit helps!

sleeping bags x 8

two men tents x 5

stretcher beds x 10

water bottles x 10

ruck sacks x 10

binos x 5

digital cameras x 2

patrol boots x 10

jungle hats x 10

rain coats x 10

torches x 5

Tamryn Pöhl will be holding a Hwange Exhibition at Richard Rennie, on the 27^th of October at 5.30pm, Dress: Smart/Casual.

There are 2 preview days on the 26^th and 27^th; however no paintings can be purchased on the preview days.

We would like to thank the following companies and individuals for their generous donations:

- Cheetah Agencies in Bulawayo and especially Heather for all their support over the last few months.

- Toyota Holdings for the donation of a Toyota Land Cruiser to the Save Hwange Trust, SA

A big thank you also to the Save Hwange Trust in South Africa for all the support!

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, 176 Enterprise Rd, Chisipite, Box HG 261, Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263-4 498835/6; Mobile: +263-11-870733;Email: maha@friendsofhwange.co.zw
Website: www.hwangetrust.com