Tag: community
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Help needed in Greenland
This Christmas, please help our Greenlandic friends & their dogs. Due to climate change the sea ice has still not formed off the northwest coast of Qaanaaq which means the traditional sea-ice-fishing cannot take place. Community leaders are asking for your help as they are unable to hunt. The Inuit practice subsistence hunting which means…
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Man v Beast
We’ve just heard about the destructive situation going on in Amboseli. It started as tragedy with the loss of one young maasai boy’s life. Politics and money have now escalated the situation into a maasai killing spree of wildlife outside the National Park limits.
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Water water everywhere
I’ve had a wonderful catchup conversation with Helene Van Der Roest of www.takafrica.org, a Kenyan-based travel company that also runs a foundation. During a stay in the Netherlands, TAKAfrica have joined forces with the dutch organization FloFlo, brainchild of designer and engineer Floris de Vos, who devised an incredible hand-drilling rig for borehole wells allowing…
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Amazon in the moonlight
This place is so amazing – apart from a hectic schedule its an incredible journey of new experience after new experience – the river – the children – the love – the crime – the emotional tears at classical concerts – the scenery – public speaking – presentations – being behind a microphone – on…