Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Rueben | Date: Nov 13 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi folks,

I got back from Mozambique yesterday - what a stunning country that is!  I will post a few photos in the next blog just to make you all jealous.  In the meantime, I wanted to share these photos of Rueben’s baby daughter with you.  He just came back from visiting his family where he took these photos.

She is called Chiedza which means ‘light’ and is the baby girl that you have helped so much through your donations of money for milk powder, after her mother died when she was less than 2 weeks old.

What a cute little girl she is.  Here is Rueben with her…

So once again a huge thank you from him and me to everyone who donated money to buy her milk.  Let’s hope we can continue to support her as she continues to grow.

Rosemary

Tags: baby girl, donations, powdered milk, Rueben, Wild Dogs

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Category: Random | Date: Oct 24 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi folks,

I’ve been getting very worried recently about the state of the project funds because I simply haven’t had the time to do the fundraising required.  But fortunately we just received the transfer from Wildlife Direct of the money that has been donated through this blog recently, which will help to keep us going for a short while.  So thanks again a huge amount to everyone who has donated - it has really saved the day! 

Knowing the money was there has allowed us to buy things like the drugs that we really, really needed.  And of course to continue to keep Rueben’s baby daughter supplied with good quality powdered milk.  Extra, unspecified donations are put towards the most critical needs, currently Rueben and Misheck’s salaries, cos without them, this project aint going too far! 

I also want to use this post as an opportunity to thank Wildlife Direct for hosting our blog.  Aside from the opportunity for people to donate to the project, it’s great to be part of a team of dedicated conservationists from around the world - even if some of their blog sites make me very jealous…..! (Like the Lion Guardians, which incidentally is managed by a good friend of mine and is linked with the project I was involved with in Kenya before moving to Zim!).  Nonetheless, we can’t all be super-duper bloggers like them, but it’s good to at least know there are other people out there working just as crazy hours as I do, on just as crazy but important things! 

And moreover, the comments and support we recieve from you readers gives us a real boost.  Although I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to this blog unfortunately, it’s still been a great way of making contact with some great people and I urge you all to keep reading, keep commenting and keep donating!

Thanks from all of us and of course from the wild dogs,

Rosemary

Tags: blogging, donations, Wild Dogs, Wildlife Direct, zimbabwe

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Category: Uncategorized | Date: Feb 06 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Just a very quick thank you to Ludovic who very generously donated U$55 to the project.  Thank you so much Ludovic - we appreciate your support enormously.  And a second thank you to all those who donated in November and December to help our snared pup.  It’s good to know people care. 

Rosemary  

Tags: conservation, donations, Wild Dogs, zimbabwe

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