1. DAKTARI Newsletter
March – April 2013

2. Animal News:
New mongoose (s)
Hello everyone,
I’m the notorious Bandit!
As you can see here, I’m
taking a nap, but that
doesn’t make me less
cool. I also like to purr
and love to dig up
worms. I’m the coolest
mongoose around here

Hey, I’m Nikita also known as Dartanjan. And I like
to play with the volunteers and sometimes with
Bandit. However he thinks to much of himself
sometimes. Luckily the volunteers still treat me as
a Princess.

3. Animal News:
Rodents
Hi, I’m Kiki. I didn’t meet Zuzu as I came
along two weeks later. Michele looked after
me for the first few weeks and now I have
lots of squirrel friends!
Zuzu was only a few weeks old when we found him in one of our
bathrooms. We think he was abandoned by his mother as he was
probably sick. He was injured as well and we think another squirrel had
bitten him. He was very sick and frightened. We fed him and kept him
warm but sadly after three days he died. Nature can be cruel
sometimes but life must go on.
Rest in Peace little Zuzu x x

4. Herbie Goes to the Vet!!
As most of you know I came to live with at
Daktari about six months ago. In March
Peter Rogers our local vet came to visit
me as I wasn’t very happy and got upset
with lots of people. It was decided that it
was best for me to be castrated. The
children who were staying at Daktari at
the time joined Peter in the operation.
Some of them didn’t realize there were
special doctors for animals called Vets. I
think they found the operation very
interesting but a bit messy!!
For a few days after the operation, I was a
little bit sore and wasn’t allowed to go
swimming. Now I am much happier and
not aggressive at all. I am back walking
with the dogs twice a day, swimming in
the dam and wallowing in the mud, which
is my favorite thing to do! I love it when
people visit me and I make them laugh!

5. Animal News:
Some bigger Rodents
Hi I’m Yster!
My real name is Ystervarken, which means
porcupine in Afrikaans! The people that had me
before couldn’t keep me because I used to eat their
furniture. I came to Daktari a couple of months ago
and to start with had my own cage and box. But I
found it too noisy so decided to make my own
burrow. My friends at Daktai feed me every night
but sometimes Spikey (another porcupine) tries to
chase me away. I have now learned to come earlier
in the evening and get the food FIRST!!!

6. Animal News:
A present for Bouba
Woof, woof, as most of you know
me, I’m Bouba Michele’s favorite
companion! But also Gillian
Kenneally loves me so much that
she sent me a sweater for our
cold brrrr winter. Thank you
Gilly, it really suits me.

7. Volunteer News:
Bordering on love…
Our lovely Claire met her knight in
shining armour at the Mozambique
border. She took the wrong bus and
ended up there. But luckily for her
this story has a beautiful ending…
Claire is moving to SA in June and she
will be part of the DAKTARI team
once again. She is our new long term
volunteer. So Desmond, you better
take care of our Claire!

8. Students feedback
Dear Daktari. It is nice to be with you. To play with you games, to
sing the song and to dance with you. We thank you for teaching
us to be polite and to take care of the environment so we will
remember about everything that you had been teach us. So
thank God to be with you. And we do love you and like you and
you make us happy. Thank you for taking us to Makalali and dog
walk. To taking care of us. To give us the love so please keep it up,
you do a nice job. So God bless you. Thank you to be polite to us,
you have a gorgeous place. And thank you to treat us the way
you want to be treated. So thank you so very much, we always
love you. Have a nice day. Lucy Modiba
Portia Mathebula:
I love you for so many things,
The people that fill the life we share,
Your patience and your gentle heart,
The goodness of the thing you do.
Thank you for welcoming us and share love with us.

9. DAKTARI Fundraising Contest
And the winner is
Bibi Van Griensven!! She won the
Daktari Fundraising Contest with an
amazing 2230 EUR. Thank you Bibi
for doing such a great effort. We
hope you will enjoy your prizes 
The 2nd place goes to Danielle
Austin, this was a really neck & neck
race. Thank you both for helping
DAKTARI!!
This wouldn’t have been possible without the amazing support of Tshukudu Game Lodge,
Sausage Tree Safari Camp and the amazing wildlife vet Peter Rogers!! Thank you for your
collaboration 

10. A Special Thanks to our
Donors!
• Hill’s donated a great amount of dog & cat
food. Our animals at Daktari really appreciate
it!
• REXEL provided us with a laminator. Now we
can make our weekly certificates for our
children.
• SiT made a cash donation.

11. Go Andreas!!!!
Our amazingly handsome Andreas is
doing a veryyy long walk for Daktari.
He started from his home
(Gent, Belgium) and is at the moment
in Bordeaux. He is half way to
Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Please help him to achieve this
dream. More info on this link. Or
follow him on Facebook
Camino4daktari!!

12. Children @ Daktari

13. Children @ Daktari

14. Life @ Daktari

15. Eco-Club News
By Risette De Haas
After making a short movie about Daktari (see last newsletter) I had to make one about
the eco-clubs as well. With this short (3 min) movie I hope to give you an impression of
the eco-clubs and it’s students. It is about what the students think and learn but in their
own words. There was no script; this is what they decided to tell me as I was holding
the camera. I hope you enjoy watching this little glimpse of happiness from the
students. http://youtu.be/Fn0yB9o2mFU
I couldn’t make the eco-club lessons into a success without the assistance of our
great volunteers. Every week one of Daktari’s volunteers joins me to the meetings.
They introduce themselves, so the students learn more about different people,
different countries and different cultures. It is good for them to hear where the
volunteer comes from, what time zone they are in and what language they speak. I
like it when volunteers tell a bit about their country and their personal lives, what
they studied or going to study etc. This will open up their world. The student will
ask questions afterwards. It is a great experience for all. During the lessons the
volunteers assist me by walking around, guiding the students with their work. I
wouldn’t be able to do all of that by myself. So I want to say THANK YOU all!

16. Eco-Club News
By Risette De Haas
I want to give you a little update on Grace and
Kutullo as well. Remember them? Grace is the
student we managed to place at Southern Cross
School. She is doing really well. She was struggling
with her transport, every day from the village to
town and back, it were long long days. Now we
found a family in Hoedspruit where she can stay
during the week, so she has more time for
homework and of course to have some free time
as well. She started to play in the school hockey
team as well and she is enjoying sports for the first
time in her life. She was struggling with Afrikaans,
since she never was taught properly; luckily Spike
van Schalkwijk offered to give her afterschool
lessons, to get her up to speed. Thank you so much
for your effort and help.
Kutullo is doing really well at the SA Wildlife
College. He gives me regular updates on what he
has learned and what he is doing. He is currently in
the bush for a week of intensive training. He really
enjoys it so much and learning every day
something new

17. I would like to introduce one of our eco-club
members every newsletter, so you get to know a
few of our great eco-club students. This week I
would like to introduce Jabulani Lewele. He is a
member since he started at Maahlamele High
School. He is 13 years old and in Grade 9. He
started out as a shy boy. Now he always comes up
to the new volunteers and introduces himself. He
asks questions and wants to do his work perfectly.
He absolutely LOVES to take pictures. He always
asks my camera at the end of the lessons and
starts to take better and better pictures. Once in a
while he is lucky and gets his hands on one of the
volunteers great camera’s (with permission of
course). Wauh the proud face is worth a million!
Eco-Club News
By Risette De Haas

18. Get a MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet
Card and help raise funds without
costing you a cent!!!
It's FREE and every swipe counts!
Daktari is now part of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising programme which helps
raise funds for schools, charities and environmental concerns across South Africa. It is the
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 Apply for a free MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card and nominate DAKTARI as your
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19. Shiloweni still needs
more sponsors of R200
per month,
to fill his big appetite!
Caline and her baby
Elfie, need a sponsor
R300 each a month.
Please check our website for all the animals. Thank YOU!
Scotty our African
hawk eagle needs a
sponsor for R200
per month.
Nikita & Bandit need
a sponsor of R200
each a month.
Yster needs a
sponsor for R200
per month.

20. Bank: First National Bank, Hoedspruit, South
Africa
Swift number: FIRN ZA JJ
Branch Number: 270652
Account Number: Cheque Account (Non-Profit)
62044965129
Name: Daktari Wildlife Orphanage, South Africa
Environmental
Education for over
300 underprivileged
children
Teach over 200 Eco
Club kids in rural
villages
Bank: Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost
Bankleitzahl: 40050150
Konto-Nummer: 1350 88 888.
Name: Spendensammelverein Münster e.V.
Reference: DAKTARI-Südafrika – Busch-Schule &
Wildwaisen - Station
UK
(Tax
Deductible
in UK)
US
(Tax
Deductible
in US)
Stichting Daktari Bush School Nederland
KvK 53826736
ANBI Stichting
ING 5254438 te Rosmalen
Click on required Global
Giving icon to donate
How to donate…

21. Thank you to all our friends, donors, sponsors and volunteers,
we couldn’t do this without you!!
Ian & Michele 13 years ago, still very much in love 