Kids stuff!
12 12 2009RSBS and the UBWC have had a close relationship with a local NGO helping underprivileged kids from one of the poorer districts of Ubatuba; the Namaskar Project. This is one area, right next to the forest and sandwiched between two forested hills, that seriously needs the conservation message got home. Catching and killing birds is the norm.
Explaining how the loss of one individual bird can result in the loss of an entire generation.
Our friend Odette has been working with these kids, doing handicrafts with a birdy theme, to try and get the message across. It seems to be going well and today we attended their Christmas ‘party’. We provided snacks, drinks and sandwiches and I had the opportunity to talk to them about why it is NOT cool to kill birds. They seemed to get the message.
On the way home we stopped at the airport where the Buff-necked Ibis has been feeding again over the last few days.
Buff-necked Ibis.
Top foto copyright Namaskar Project.
Ibis foto copyright Rick and Elis Simpson.
