Arrival – Surroundings – Big – Majestic – Snakes – Creche – Ultraviolet– Crazy
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INKANYISO CRÈCHE UPDATE
The first batch of goodies is ready for delivery to the crèche. I will make a visit soon after the school holidays are finished.
They will get tables, crayons, paper, some educational toys, balls, a large trash container and plastic boxes to store everything in. Thanks to Michelle from Outtheredesign I got nice INKANYISO CRÈCHE labels on everything. Michelle and I have also created 11 baby animal posters with names in isiZulu and in English.
Thanks to the generosity of so many of you I will be able to continue to help with some more things for them for a while. My next project is some ‘outside playground setup’ and more educational toys. I will keep you updated.
If you want more information about my little crèche project go to https://sperka.info/2018/06/14/please-read-this-message/
Thanks for all the help – Have a good weekend!
Zebra Sunset – Hyena Night – Red Sunset – Lion Evening – Hornbill Day – Rhino Sun – Lion Dusk
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What a week – Crèche – Teach – City – Rhino – Arrival – Meal – Mate
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Monday – Visit to a crèche – create a project …
Tuesday – Teaching students and a very unusual sighting (Pied Kingfisher @ Thanda) …
Wednesday – Korean Dinner in Durban @ The Crazy Korean – what a treat …
Thursday – A Rhino at sunset – so special …
Friday – Two new Cheetah boys arrived at Thanda …
Saturday – The two males’ first meal …
Sunday – Mating Giraffes – a rare sighting …
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This week I visited a crèche for small children in one of Thanda’s neighboring communities.
With the help of some guests’ donations Thanda Safari has built this little school house, provided a water tank, got the material for a fence and the materials to complete the interior.
The crèche is located in one of the poorest areas of Zululand.
I was tasked to take some pictures with camera and drone to document the development progress.
I had not been there before.
At the crèche two volunteer teachers look after around 30 2-4 year old kids every morning for three hours.
When I saw the place in grey with no color, no toys, no teaching materials, no tables , no … I made a decision:
In the next few weeks I will personally get them some materials for teaching, some toys and whatever else I can afford to buy. I will not give them money (as I am afraid that would end in the wrong pockets), but I will buy them things they need.
Some of my friends have already promised me to help with useful materials they got or to help me with money donations to buy stuff.
If any of you – wherever you live in the world – would like to help with a little donation (or not so little 🙂 then please contact me at christian@sperka.com – I have bank accounts in Europe, USA and South Africa and I also have a PayPal account. So transferring any funds would be simple and would not cost a lot. Even the smallest contribution will be very much appreciated.
Be assured that 100% of whatever is donated will be used to buy things for the crèche.
I will post regularly pictures on my social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook and Twitter) and on my blog.
In the great scheme of things this neither big or important, but I hope it will make a difference to these children, their teachers and their parents.
PS: When I (a huge, bearded white man) stepped into the small classroom most of the children started crying. I was a bit puzzled until one of the teachers told me that some of the kids thought I was a doctor coming with inoculations :-). I had – wisely – bought a little drink, an apple and a small snack for each child which I gave to each of them. That calmed them down immediately.
But I really won them over when I flew the drone. They loved it and demanded many take-offs and landings. There were many friendly shouts of good-bye when I left. Modern technology can help in many ways 🙂
Herbivores sometimes consume bone material. This is called Osteophagy. Chewing bones allows animals to supplement phosphorus and calcium.
The body of the Giraffe needs this mineral and this metal to maintain the bone structure and help with many biological processes including energy metabolism, protein synthesis, and lactation.
So if you see a Giraffe chewing a bone it does not mean it has turned into a carnivore, it just takes supplements!
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I thought this picture works well for MOTHERS DAY 🙂 Enjoy the day!
Quite a few of my blog followers have asked me if I could post wildlife pictures more regularly. I will try to do so!
To start with I thought I post a few of my favorite mammal images taken over the last few month. So here they are …
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THE GREEN MAMBA 1 | EXCLUSIVELY AT THANDA SAFARI
Eight of my pictures were used in a 10 page article for the Priority magazine for Singapore Airlines PPS Club, published by NewBase Content.
Travel Writer Rod Mackenzie wrote a great story called ‘Close Encounters’ about Thanda Safari. I especially like his description of me in the story: A charming combination of Dr.Dolittle and Q from James Bond :-).
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