TSAVO Ecosystem Conservation
Working to protect the cheetah and its critical habitat in the Tsavo Ecosystem
Thank you from the Tsavo Cheetah Project!
Dear Cheetah Friends,
Best wishes for a very happy holiday season and thank for your support and friendship during 2010.
Looking back over the past year, I am proud of what we have accomplished as a small start-up organization in East Africa. Through our efforts, we are contributing to cheetah conservation worldwide, by working passionately to preserve this large and important cheetah population in south east, Kenya.
The registration of Tsavo Ecosystem Conservation was completed in mid-October, granting us non-profit status in Kenya as an independent entity, and at a local level.. We maintain our affiliation with Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in the US and other countries of CCF charitable status..
The Tsavo Cheetah Photographic Survey kicked-off in the Spring, bringing in photographs of Tsavo cheetahs from all over the globe, assisting us in identifying the many individual cheetahs around the Parks. This method is just one of the non-invasive monitoring techniques that we are testing within the ecosystem, prior to long-term employment. Our field studies and community interviews during the year have guided us in developing effective environmental and conflict resolution programs, specified to the needs of Tsavo..The issue of poaching is an immediate major threat to all the wildlife in this ecosystem, as is human and livestock encroachment inside the Tsavos. These vast Parks are certainly not immune, simply because they are governmentally owned land, despite the hard work of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Our Anti-Poaching Campaign and Community Income Generating Programs, including an innovative Women's Empowerment Initiative, are presently being developed, to address these threats at a community level. Long-term Livestock Conflict Investigation and Resolution will eventually be headed by a young Kenyan woman, Catherine, who already lives in Voi, bordering Tsavo East. She had previously worked with KWS and has an undeniable passion for cheetah conservation!
As the year draws to a close, please help assure that our long-term cheetah monitoring and community program development and implementation continues, by making a gift to Tsavo Ecosystem Conservation. Your generous donation is vital in our efforts to Save the Cheetahs of the Tsavo Ecosystem. Current project needs include, a salary for Catherine, of $200 per month; 10 camera traps to monitor threatened cheetahs in habitats of dense vegetation; vehicle running cost for a 93' Suzuki Maruti; and $100 a month to hire a locally skilled tracker to track both cheetah and poacher movements. Please consider assisting us, at this crucial time. Thank you!
Click here, for information on making a donation. Your gift is tax-deductible through our US 501(c)(3) CCF affiliation
Sincerely,
Cherie Schroff, Managing Director
Tsavo Ecosystem Conservation
Tsavo Ecosystem, Kenya
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