A very brief but extremely heart-felt post, this one… for the incredibly generous recent donation from Nancy for her gift to David’s work with Friends of ASF… It has actually come at a point when we are really feeling the pinch of lack of tourists who buy a few bits and bods to generate a few funds to cover the basic costs of the organisation including fuel for David’s motorbike, covering accident / health insurance for him, supporting the small shop we operate at the Visitor Centre where the bits and bods are sold. The drop in tourists has been due to the mad political chaos we’ve experienced in Kenya the past few months and esp at the start of the year. It meant a 95% drop in tourists pretty much and as a result all tourism-related activities have suffered. This generous donation will really make a huge difference to push us through this time and set us up for the next few months. THANK you!

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A wee while back we received a wonderfully generous donation pretty much out of the blue to buy a digital camera for David so he can really document the activities he’s seeing in the forest. Well… I managed to get a very neat Canon at Duty Free that is just the job for him. The picture below was David seeing the camera for the first time and VERY happy at the thought of FINALLY having one - he’s been asking for one for about three years!! I’ve actually had to travel so haven’t been able to hold of the photos he’s been taking but will try and have them sent so we can post them for all to see what David (”Professor Notorious” he’s known as by the other bird guides at the forest!! - he’s so notorious for his proactive conservation work and his birding skills…!!).

Once again a big THANK YOU to Theresa for the generous gift to get the camera…

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