Nov 22 2007
Giving Thanks
As today is Thanksgiving in the US, it seems appropriate to thank you all for your donations this last week. That is 15-21 November, inclusive. A special thank you to Pamela T who donated $100 in honor of Lynne G and Paul B.
And for those of you who didn’t read my comment on the previous post, fighting has calmed in Rutshuru and Kiwanja and Diddy and Innocent’s families are safe. Rebels and army retreated to previous positions, and now we have to wait and see what will happen.
From all the Gorilla Protection Blog Team: Diddy, Innocent, Norbert, Jean Bosco, Augustin, Samantha
| SINGLE DONATION | ||
| 11/21/2007 | Karen C | $100.00 |
| 11/21/2007 | stephanie b | $15.00 |
| 11/20/2007 | marlene g | $170.00 |
| 11/20/2007 | Paul J | $100.00 |
| 11/20/2007 | Sebastian J | $500.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Pirjo I | $40.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | David M | $500.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Alan B | $100.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | kathleen h | $250.00 |
| 11/18/2007 | Jeffrey D | $14.00 |
| 11/18/2007 | Tillman F | $50.00 |
| 11/18/2007 | Leonard J | $30.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | guy t | $100.00 |
| 11/15/2007 | Carol B | $100.00 |
| 11/15/2007 | Nicole C | $50.00 |
| 11/15/2007 | pamela t | $100.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | alberto g | $1.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | alberto g | $1.00 |
| TOTAL | $2,221.00 | |
| MEDICAL KITS | ||
| 11/20/2007 | marlene g | $50.00 |
| PATROL BOOTS | ||
| 11/20/2007 | marlene g | $70.00 |
| PATROL TENTS | ||
| 11/20/2007 | marlene g | $120.00 |
| RANGER UNIFORM | ||
| 11/20/2007 | marlene g | $90.00 |
| MONTHLY DONATION | ||
| 11/21/2007 | Chloe F | $15.00 |
| 11/20/2007 | susan r | $20.00 |
| 11/20/2007 | A BROWN | $20.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Baerbel W | $50.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Daniela M | $25.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Caroline N | $10.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | Carol H | $15.00 |
| 11/19/2007 | l kidd | $6.00 |
| 11/18/2007 | Cathy R | $15.00 |
| 11/18/2007 | Nicholas M | $5.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | Lera m | $50.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | Keiron R | $20.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | AnaĂŻd D | $7.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | Helen S | $15.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | Maryann S | $30.00 |
| 11/17/2007 | Simon N | $20.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | MIRIAM c | $10.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | Rebecca P | $25.00 |
| 11/16/2007 | Piya K | $70.00 |
| 11/15/2007 | Brad M | $40.00 |
| 11/15/2007 | Petrina L | $50.00 |
| TOTAL | $518.00 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | $3,069.00 | |
Technorati : congo, drc, iccn, wildlifedirect
Daily news from the conservation frontline by Innocent and Diddy, and other Congolese rangers risking their lives to save mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Samatha, just being curious about the amount of money, which you would need to run the protection operation without having to face financial difficulties? You must have some kind of estimate to keep you going on a annual basis.
Freaking amazing. Glad to hear that everyone is safe. I did read that incredible letter in the previous post from the women of North Kivu. Wow. Very powerful. That should get spread around to the press, so I hope Human Rights Watch is working it.
To all the other Americans on the blog, have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
s.
Hi Pirjo. Let me see if I can come up with some figures for you. I did some work on this a couple of months ago for someone who was interested. It is quite complicated as you can imagine, and obviously we work to support the wildlife authority ICCN in all of this. They are the ones who can protect Virunga National Park, its Mountain Gorillas, and other wildlife. The park is also enormous - 8,000 km2 - and the Gorilla Sector is 250 km2. Another issue is that we consider the whole of Virunga National Park too - you can’t just protect the Gorilla Sector else there will be repercussions elsewhere. So let me work on some kind of figure and content (logs, men, infrastructure etc) - and see where I can get. Thanks
Samantha, thank you for your message. It would be great to have some kind of rough estimate on the cost. You could even have a separate section on the main page of the blog, where one could see the total amount on donations made, and how much is still needed. That could motivate people to join in as monthly donators, instead of giving one time donations.
Thank goodness that the fighting has stopped and the families of the rangers are ok! To everyone…Happy Thanksgiving! I know that even with all the problems in the world….we have a lot to be thankful for!
Bonjour a tous les Americains et bonne fete.
Happy thanksgivin.. SIKU KUU NJEMA.
Your rangers and families and all your beautiful park animals are in my prayers and thoughts today!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and the gorillas too!
~Mary
Today is thanksgiving and I am giving my thanks to all of you at wildlifeDirect and ICCN. Diddy and Innocent, I am so grateful that your family’s are OK and I hope Peace comes to your home soon. I thank you Samantha for your updates and look forward to hearing from you. Happy thanksgiving and I hope our Gorillas are doing OK. Wishing you Peace and Love,
Debbie
I’m very glad to hear that the fighting has calmed down !!
Diddy and Innocent, So glad to hear that your families are okay. I gave thanks yesterday for all that you do and sacrafice to save the beautiful mountain gorillas. I too, hope peace comes to your home soon. Lisa