News
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Community works
The Environmental Education programme is starting up again this week or next week, now that the main access roads have dried out. Elisaria did an official hand over of building materials to two secondary schools, Buiku Secondary School in Korogwe District and Mnazi Secondary School in Lushoto District. The Mnazi school board of governors were delighted to now have the opportunity to build a science lab to house all the science equipment they have been donated. ...link
Infrastructure
The rains have nearly come to an end. The road networks are being cut and maintained by GAWPT's plant machinery. Some vehicles (we don't know who) drove over the black cotton road networks just as the rains started to come to an end. They have done quite considerable damage to some of the key access roads, which will now need serious repair. Our guys are working on clearing and repairing the old colonial dam wall, built in the 1960s. The pipeline that they installed then is still in very good working order. We are digging trenches to bury more pipeline to stop the elephants from ripping it up if there is another extended dry season. The grader is now working on 'cleaning' the Rhino Sanctuary fence-line extension as the soil is now soft and no longer water logged. ...link
Wildlife and dogs
80 oryx were seen in the Superbowl as well as good populations of gerenuk, lesser kudu and eland.
Wild dog pups are in good shape, now nearly 8 months old and the vaccination schedule continues. They are about to receive the last of three vaccinations for rabies and canine distemper ...link
Community works
The Trust’s plant machinery has been out at Dindira Dam and Kavateta Dam, working to desilt these two major water sources. TANAPA provided labour, a lorry and fuel and it was a timely desilting programme as, when the rains came, they filled up Dindira and even Kavateta held some water. Kavateta is always a difficult engineering job: it probably needs machines on it for at least 6 months until the job is done properly. Tony flies at least twice a week on patrol to back up the TANAPA rangers in the field ...read more
Rhino
The three Czech rhino are in excellent health. The rain throughout December has turned the dry shrubs and grasses into an abundance of green. The rhinos’ condition benefits enormously from such nutritious vegetation. ...read more
Rhino
Rhinos are all in good condition and the vegetation has turned green with just three rain showers so the rhino have good browse available ...link
People and infrastructure
It's pretty quiet here; the rains have started. Mark Pilgrim, Conservation Director of Chester Zoo and Maggie Esson, Education Director of Chester Zoo, have just spent time here looking at the environmental education programme and the rhino sanctuary. ...read more
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