Sended on: 10/23/2009

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Dear friends,
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This is going to be a IT newsletter, with lots of links to websites! But first some interesting news.

Cave dining!
Stefano and Parashi discovered a huge cavern, where many decades ago the Maasai were hiding the cattle they were raiding from the Wakamba, on the other side of the Chyulu Hills. Stefano though it could be a great spot for a surprise bush dinner, and he was absolutely right! The cave is the hottest new activity we offer. We reach it with a gentle walk, from camp toward the Chyulu Hills. The lava tube, thats what it is, has a nice opening, which takes you gently underground. We set a bush fire under a huge opening in the ceiling; a table with candles is set next to it. The Maasai, probably still proud of their fathers raids, come and sing warrior songs. An unforgettable experience. Dont miss!

Lucrezia and Antonella, on their first cave dining

Wild Dogs!
Exciting: we have been spotting good packs of wild dogs in the last few weeks. A great and significant return on our conservation efforts.

Wild dogs: one of Lucas favorite spots of this year

Lucrezia and Pongo
Pongo is Kiswahili for bushbuck. Another male, beside her father, has fallen for Lucrezias charme.
See her here feeding her new friend.

Kanzi House

Kanzi House swimming pool cottage

Kanzi House had his maiden safari last August. With a swimming pool cottage, Kanzi House has room for 10 guests, in 5 bedrooms. It can be book only by one group at a time, for a minimum of 3 nights. We decreased the conservation fee from a flat $2,000 per day, to a $200 per person per day. These the new rates for the entire compound (Kanzi House and pool cottage):
Kanzi House 3 nights $20,500
Kanzi House extra night $ 6,650
Kanzi House 7 nights $44,500
Kanzi House 10 nights $62,500

Maasai Marathoners, ready to go

Parashi, Luca, Samson, Sunte: heading to New York in 48 hours

Months and months of training, miles and miles of running; fatigue, excitement, disappointment, fear, hope, energy. We all went through all of this. And now is time to go: we are leaving to New York this Tuesday. The marathon is on November 1st. Lets start with the suggested clicks: please look at www.maasaimarathon.com  Meet all the great runners who joined MWCT in our fund raising effort. Edward Norton, as President of MWCF, has led this incredible effort. See our videos, click our bios. Most important of all: be next to us in the New York marathon. Run the marathon virtually with us by simply clicking on http://www.maasaimarathon.com/content/sponsor/  and choose any of us for your sponsorship. Give what you can, even $20. It will boost our energy in the marathon.

What ever you can, it will be a lot for us. And spread the voice: join the more than 90,000 followers of Edwards twitter: http://twitter.com/edwardnorton  It is fun and funny, and you may join in the many contests Edward is offering, winning nice prizes, while supporting MWCT. Our wild dream is to have 100,000 supporters donating $20: wouldnt it be magical?

Please support us, we need it. You will help us carrying on our conservation efforts. Read just here below about another elephant we saved. We need your support to continue being present and protect the wilderness, the wildlife and the people of this beautiful and special corner of East Africa.

Another rescue
The sad news is that another elephant lost his mom. We do not know if he got lost like Chaimu (we told you about him in the last newsletter) or if his mom died. The good news is that our game scouts did another amazing rescue. We hope is the last of many years&

Learn about the rescue on MWCT blog: http://maasaitrust.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/14/mwct-rescues-lost-young-elephant/

Join us with a click
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Campi-Ya-Kanzi/100000144253793

http://campiyakanzi.blogspot.com/  

http://twitter.com/campiyakanzi  

http://twitter.com/edwardnorton

see our webcam at www.maasai.com

follow us, eco warriors at www.maasaimarathon.com

We hope to have you soon at Campi ya Kanzi, happy (hopefully in Africa!) holidays, Luca (with Antonella, Lucrezia, Jacopo, Lorenzo, and Samson, Stefano, Anna and all the Maasai of CyK and MWCT)

P.S.
Keep supporting our efforts and we will keep accomplishing a lot together. See here below what your donation will do.

What your money will do:

 

A donation of&	Can&.	for&
$50	Buy stationery for 10 kids at a primary school	1 year
$60	Buy a new desk for two students	5 years
$100	Pay the salary of a kindergarten teacher	1 month
$150	Pay the salary of a game scout	1 month
$250	Pay the salary of a teacher	1 month
	And more money can&.
$350	Buy one radio collar to help us track and protect lions	2 year
$500	Buy and install a new pit latrine for a school or a family	10 years
$500	Pay the salary of the coordinator of the Trust	1 month
$550	Buy medicine, needles, antibiotics	3 months
$600	Buy a hand held radio for the game scouts	Ever
$750	Pay for a pupil at secondary school	1 year
$1,800	Pay a game scout for 1 year	1 year
$1,800	Buy all the books the school needs	1 year
$2,500	Pay the salary of a doctor	1 month
	And MUCH more money can&.
$10,000	Build a waterhole to draw more wildlife and elephants into the reserve
$25,000	Buy a second hand Land Rover for helping the dispensary and the scouts
$35,000	Yearly fee for the Maasai landlords for 5,000 acres Kanzi conservancy
$40,000	Build a volunteer house, to help the school and dispensary
$50,000	Buy a Land Rover ambulance, to let the doctor serve the entire community
$95,000	Run Simba Project for a year

The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund (www.maasaifoundation.org) is a US 501 c (3) nonprofit corporation that has supported the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust with grants for wildlife conservation, medical and educational projects. Your donation will be directed to the sector, project or program you choose.