A
new month with new target birds; a new month and, as this is also the
start of the last quarter of the year, I will remind everyone that I
am doing my Big Green Year for charity.
Today
I have given the last three donations given directly to me to
Chaskawasi-Manu, the children of the Manu rainforest in Peru.
At
this very moment their future is being made ever more precarious by
the building of an illegal road into the Manu. The National Park is
surrounded by the pernicious interests of oil companies, illegal tree
loggers and businesses that want to exploit the resources to be found
there.
The
children from communities deep in the protected area of the Manu come
to Chaskawasi-Manu to access the local school. The children, and the
people of their communities, want to have an 'outside' education.
Chaskawasi-Manu provides a home away from home. The people who run
Chaskawasi-Manu are loving, caring people but they are running short
of funds.
Maybe
you are a young person and are thinking of a place to go and
volunteer. Well have a look at the Chaskawasi-Manu website for
opportunities to do just that. Going there and working (!) with the
children and staff will change your life. I am not so young and I
know that I am forever changed from what I experienced there. Indeed
I will be back there next year. My education needs to be ongoing and
the children give so many life lessons.
http://www.chaskawasi-manu.org/en/
Away
from my love of Chaskawasi-Manu, there are the other three charities
I am supporting.
The
RSPB I will always support as no other environmental charity does so
much to not only protect British wildlife but also carry out projects
around the World. With Climate Change and Global Warming being the
biggest threat to our way of life and the future of our children, the
work carried out by the RSPB is immense and vital.
The
Wildfowl & Wetland Trust, the WWT, based at Slimbridge gets my
support due to the influence of a simple act of a fmaous man back in
the 1960s. Sir Peter Scott replied to a simple letter from a young
ten year old. His kindness instilled in the boy a love for nature
that still drives him to cycle each day to areas new.
Finally
there is Asthma UK. 5,400,000 people suffer from the debilitating
condition and those figures are rising. As one of those people I know
the effects and the problems faced by all who have asthma.
So,
it is October, the 22nd month of my cycling adventure and
once again I ask whether you could please make a donation of any size
to one of the charities. Please use the links to be found on the
right hand side of this page. Every donation is such a thrill to
receive and your support is vital and very gratefully received.
Maybe
you would prefer to sponsor me. Way back at the beginning of the year
I asked people to sponsor me 1p (a penny in UK) for every bird
species I see during the year. Having seen 293 different birds so far
that would make a commitment of £2.93. Thank you to all who have
said that they would do just that and you know I will be in touch on
January the First 2017!
If
you would like to sponsor me 1p a bird, or even 1 cent, 1 sole . . .
then please either email me, message me on facebook or the blog or
twitter me.
Donations
and sponsoring really do give me such an emotional and physical
boost. There are days, thankfully not many, when the loneliness of
the journey gets me down and to access the internet and find a
donation is the best pick me up I can get. Oh, maybe seeing a new
bird does as well . . and meeting people. OH let me just say that
donations are fantastic!
Thanks
to you all,
Gary
Prescott
The
Biking Birder 2016
email
– bikingbirder2010@hotmail.com
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