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£2,817
raised of £3,000 target by 131 supporters

    Weʼve raised £2,817 to buy torches for the rangers working at night guarding animals and staff in Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Malawi

    Funded on Monday, 2nd September 2019

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    Vwaza Marsh Reserve in Malawi is home to hundreds of elephants, as well as hippos and other precious wildlife. Park rangers like George work tirelessly to protect these incredible animals, as well as the people who monitor them, safe. Unbelievably, they have no torches, despite the constant risk of encounters with poachers, snakes and scorpions during their night patrols on foot.

    Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world: average salaries are less than £2.50 a day. So there is no resource to equip them properly. With your support, we will provide each ranger with a head torch together with solar recharging equipment. We will also supply ultra-violet torches will let them check their tents for scorpions - these animals glow bright blue undwr UV light. Scorpion stings are the main reason why bush excursions must be abandoned, so this simple measure will have a big impact.

    Please help the rangers to stay safe and protect the elephants.

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    • Fiona Mathews5 years ago
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      5 years ago
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    • Fiona Mathews5 years ago
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      Fiona Mathews

      5 years ago

      Grateful for the interest from the IUCN scorpion and spider specialist group in this campaign. With their help, we will be able to get a better understanding of the species present (like the ones in the photo below). In very remote areas like this though, prevention is really the only option as hospital-grade pain killers are the best part of a day away! Please remember to share this page with your friends - we are only £400 from the target now. Thanks Fiona

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    • Fiona Mathews5 years ago
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      5 years ago
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      Nearly there with the crowdfunding! 85% of the target reached. Please share the page sonwe can get the last bit!

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    Page last updated on: 9/8/2019 12.31

    Supporters

    131

    • Lisa Worledge

      Lisa Worledge

      Aug 31, 2019

      £20.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Aug 29, 2019

      £150.00

    • Katy Petherick

      Katy Petherick

      Aug 14, 2019

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Aug 4, 2019

      £5.00

    • Claudia Biedert

      Claudia Biedert

      Aug 3, 2019

      Brilliant cause, almost at target amount now!

      £30.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Aug 2, 2019

      £5.00

    • Eduard Campillo-Funollet

      Eduard Campillo-Funollet

      Jul 29, 2019

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    Fiona Mathews

    Fiona Mathews

    I am have just come back from a field trip to Malawi with a group of students from the University of Sussex (where I am Professor of Environmental Biology. I wondered why the guards accompanying us in the park always had to borrow my torch and was horrfied to find they had none.

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