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ELNATAN RECEIVES TWO PENGUINS
A generous fund led to
Private School Elnatan receiving a Bird & Birder Friendly Award
Photos and
text by Stefan Rust
2013
(In
terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these texts belongs to Stefan
Rust)
Together with
the principal of the private school, Mr. Hugo Vermeulen, Louisa and Malcolm
Campbell are responsible for many excited pupil at the Private School Elnatan
by having had the idea of getting BirdsConTour to register the school as a bird
and birder friendly establishment.
As being parents
of two children visiting this school in Stampriet, Louisa and Malcolm decided
to fund this project, based on creating a bird and birder friendly habitat for
wild birds and educational purposes.
On the 18th
of June bird conservation and tourism (BirdsConTour) erected one Wild Bird
Support Station on the school ground.
The idea is not
only to support the wild birds in the neighborhood but also to teach the pupils
that the only way to conserve birds is by undertaking action projects. After
completion, pupils learnt more about birdlife and conservation during a short
presentation at the station. Many of the children are already keen bird
watchers and some teachers intend to refill the necessary items on a daily
basis every morning together with the kids. It was a delight seeing the
enjoyment and excitement on the children’s faces as they listened and asked
questions.
Private School
Elnatan intends focusing on educating the pupils about birdlife and bird
conservation. Therefore the Wild Bird Support Station comes in very handy.
Widely known as being a fine birding destination, Stampriet
now becomes even more pronounced in the birding community with the Private
School Elnatan been rewarded with a two penguin-rated Bird & Birder
Friendly Award funded by Louisa and Malcolm Campbell from Lovedale Farm
Holidays. The principal Mr. Hugo Vermeulen received this Award.
BirdsConTour hopes that more schools will follow this
exemplary action.
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