DONATIONS
& SPONSORSHIPS
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Man
The elephant is nearest to man in intelligence:
it
understands the language of its country and
obeys orders, remembers duties it has been taught,
is pleased by affection and by marks of
honour ; nay more, it possesses virtues rare even
in man, honest, wisdom, justice, also respect
for the stars and reverence for the sun and moon.'
- Pliny, the Roman Historian
NEED URGENT
DONATIONS!
We need DIRECT
no
frills donations of ;
TWO camcorders with 60G hardisk
to documents proceedings during our
monthly wild eephant rescue operations
as well as while providing medicare for rescued wild elephants too.
THREE Garmin 60CSX GPS to use
during monthly wild elephant rescue
operations.
Sponsorship of pellets (Animal nutrition) for
the residence elephants' daily intake - it costs RM 65-00 per sack of
50kgs
while the 19 residence elephants , ranging from a smallish less than 1
year old baby elephant to an early 70s female
elephant consume 80kgs of peller EVERY day. We need 15 EXTRA sacks per month to supplement
the current supply
which was initially based on 12 residence and rescued elephants!
DIRECT no frills
donation means that you give for the love of the elephants and not for
the love of a publicity
stunt :-) but your name will be mentioned in
this website!
Please ask for a STANDARD DONATION
FORM @ the Visitor Registration Counter for your sponsorship!
Although the Sanctuary
receives
funding from the Malaysian government via the Department of
Wildlife
&
National Parks or DWNP,
additional fundings from externally generated sources are
always
welcomed
with open........trunks?
However, ALL donations should NOT
be string-attached as conservation of wildlife must come
deep from and within the
heart.
The
Elephant
Trust
Fund
or ETF is managed via the BioDiversity
Fund<BDF>
under the DWNP (Or Jabatan PERHILITAN
in malay)
based at its headquarter office in Kuala Lumpur.
The DWNP
itself
is under the
Ministry of Natural
Resources & Environment.
ALL
monetary
donations
sent to the BDF will be accounted
for
and donors can either donate
in
cash OR even
crossed cheque payable to
" Director General, DWNP, Malaysia
" at
the Sanctuary.
Cheque donors are required
to
leave their full name and addresses CLEARLY for the
DWNP
to post
official
receipts while cash donations
will be issued government
receipts immediately at the
sanctuary.
The sanctuary has currently, we
have a substantially large number of
officialreceipts
that we're unabled to send out
due to insufficient
donor particulars and unreadable hand writings!!!
It is ALWAYS better
to donate DIRECTLY
towards the fund instead of going through a Third
Party - usually an
NGO - as the funds can be
utilised
quickly. Donating towards a
Third Party
always means that the monies are
withold
for several months and, usually, this Third Party,
whom do not have the expertise nor the
experience,
are more passionate towards making a good
name for itself instead of being passionate for
all the sincere and
right reasons :-) in helping this
good cause!!! A few even used the monies donated
to them to be kept in fixed
deposit accounts
in order to generate profits via interest for
their own funds!!!
There are also NGOs that
organise donations for the cause publicly but to date, NOT A SINGLE CENT
has
been received by the sanctuary!!!
So - make it a point to give WHERE
it
matters
most - DIRECTLY towards the fund!
And even if you have indeed
donated
towards a
Third
Party, please be advised that the Government
DOES NOT
issue
the receipts for your donation - only that Third Party does!
Once, an expatriate visitor created a ruckus,
enquiring undiplomatically, as to what happened to
the monies that he donated!
Our die hard
individual
supporter - The
Elephant Man - had to make
2 return trips to the sanctuary,
on his own
time, effort and money, to personally go through the
donation forms and pointed out to the donor
that
he should collect his donation receipt from the
NGO - one of the local chapters of an
international
NGO - as he
donated NOT to the
Elephant Trust Fund but to the said NGO! No apology nor a tahnk you
note was extended.
It seems to be very easy for
visitors,
especially
foreigners, to pick a reason and paint the picture dark
and gloomy
when things do not go
towards their
advantage!!! Nonetheless and fortunately, most
foreign visitors are true
blue EleFriends!
and
constitute a
large chunk of the
donation
proceeds forthe
fund :-)
ALL
monetary
donations
towards the BDF will be utilised
for
the costs involved in the capture
& translocation
exercise which may vary from
as little as RM 20,000-00 to RM 60,000-00
PER operation depending on the
distance
and difficulty of the exercise.
The
DWNP will
usually bear the costs of the exercise if the area of conflict involves
populated
villages but if the
area involved isstrictly
in an oil palm, rubber or fruit plantation, the owner/s of
the plantation is required to bear
the cost of
the exercise.
TOP
If
you would like to adopt 
at the sanctuary - you only have to
write DIRECTLY
towards the
sanctuary OR send us an
email and we will forward it tothe management of the sanctuary.
However
-
sponsoring
an
elephant DOES
NOT
mean that you can demand to the staff @ the Visitor Registration
Office
that you would like to and have the right to ride the sponsored
elephant during the
off-activities
period.
This happened once when a member of a
local NGO club brought
a donor whom later insisted that the party be
given the right to
ride the sponsored
elephant
during an off-activity period of the day!
..and she calls herself
a lover and protector of the elephants who only comes once in a blue
moon & throw her
weight around the sanctuary and even
threatened that her NGO club will stop providing donations!!!!
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TERIMA KASIH
to........
Mrs Brandy Reid of
Australia for sponsoring the
purchase of 10 waterproof pouches
for the wild elephant rescue team.
Mrs Jill Jamieson of
Australia for sponsoring the
purchase of 10 waterproof pouches
for the wild elephant rescue team.
Kel Sanson &
friends of Australia for sponsoring the
purchase of 4 waterproof pouches
& a dry bag for the wild elephant rescue team.
Miss Helen Dutton of Manchester,
UK for sponsoring the purchase of 2 waterproof binoculars
for the wild elephant rescue team - these items have been handed over
to the anti-poaching team
based in Sungai Ketiar elephant sanctuary, Terengganu.
Mrs Loius Weill of Melbourne , Australia for
sponsoring the
purchase of 22 malaysian machetes and 4 traffic light wands
for the wild elephant rescue team.
Marie Ann, Rick and friends
from UK for donating
waterproof wind up torches
Samantha & Wayne from Australia for donating D shackles
& Swivels for securing captured wild elephants before
they are relocated from reduced jungle habitats into the National Park
Dr Abishek Kumar & wife from the UK for donating waterproof wind up
torchs
Robert Palmer from Talisman,
M'sia for donating a USB player & 8G thumbdrive
Julia Renger & friends from UK for donating waterproof wind up
torches
Kyle Lipinski & partner based in Hongkong for donating head lamps
Jason & wife from Michigan State University, USA for
donating Midland walkie talkies
Dr Maktar Malik & Family based in the Netherlands for donating an Olympus
Waterproof Digital camera
Brett & Shiori of
the USA and Japan respectively for
donating an Olympus Waterproof Digital camera
Kolej YAYASAN UEM in Bukit
Beruntung for donating an Olympus Waterproof Digital Camera
Shona & Julian from Australia for donating waterproof
GPS /Walkie talkie drypacks
Charles Morisett & partner
based in Macau for donating
wind up headlamps and 10 X 25 monoculars
Mrs Jan Keith -
wife of the U.S. Ambassador
to Malaysia & family recently donated FOUR A.L.I.C.E.
rucksacks with frames will was
recently used to carry heavy steel forged chains during a wild elephant
relocation exercise. For once, no one complained about
sore and stiff backs as a result of carrying about 15kgs to 20kgs steel
forged chains, critical in securing the captured
wild elephant safely. The family also donated powder-free surgical
gloves, glucose & brown sugar too!
Mrs Wenday Kendall & family
from Australia - you're fair
dinkum, mates -
provided the wild elephant rescue team waterproof
binoculars and waterproof pouches for protecting walkie talkies &
Garmin GPS during a recent wild elephant intrusion
monitoring operation.
Mr
Todd Fine & buddies gave Gen 1+ Yukon Night Vision
Monoculars & hand held Water resistant spotlights for the wild
elephant
rescue team to use during night time wild elephant management patrols.
The
Entrepreneur's
Organisation KL - http://www.eonetwork.org.my - came
and donated 9 pieces of
durable but elephant friendly rubber mats
for the baby elephants' paddock .
The hobbit-like babies - Berabung,
Siput and Shawal took to the mats quickly and
they were all able to sleep
on the once cold concrete floors
comfortably now! Many thanks for your
kind donation!!!
Frank & Ursular Jaegar of
Rheinfelden, Germany provided 31 jungle camoflaged jackets for the men
to wear during
wild elephant rescue operations in the jungles as well as a German
Knipex Bolt Cutter.
Mrs Marti Kelos and her family of www.deankalos.com.au recently
donated a large amount of anti-inflammatory ointment,
anti maggot spray, surgical gloves and milk for the Quarantine &
Treatment on Sanum! She also
co-contributed in the
supply of waterproof
rainjackets for the wild elephant rescue team too!
Mrs Astri Blokbergen
of www.astriblokbergen.nl & friends from
the Netherlands also
co-contributed in the
supply of waterproof
rainjackets for the wild elephant rescue team too! They are
notably ;
Fredrik ten Cate
Aart van Zeggelaar
Amber Timp from Timp en
Meltzer bv
Peter van Hooydonk from
Delphin bv
Bart Obbink
Ann Marie ten Cate
Cornelis Blokbergen
Astri Blokbergen
Tenaga
Nasional Berhad - www.tnb.com.my - also donated a
special rig to help lift injured elephants.
This special rig will be put to good use for treatment of injured
elephants<if any!>
brought in from the wilds.
Kay & Ian Melsop of www.marinescape.co.nz
donated
campbeds for the staff's use during the wild elephant
rescue operation. Their company builds world class aquariums all over
the world including KL Aquaria in KLCC!
Alice Smith International School
throuth the Principal & his wife, Maria, recently donated multi
tool knives
and 12V search lights for the wild elephant rescue team.
Mr Jeff Busby and family (http://familybusby.com/triplog/Welcome.html)
from the US also donated
heavy duty multi tools,
MIDLANDS
waterproof walkie talkies, hydrabaks and
heavy duty rucksacks to the elephant rescue team.
The
sanctuary also
received a pleasant gift from GRANADEMEDIA-
of the UK www.int.granadamedia.com/sf/international in
the form of a Video Tape
and DVD copies of the National
Geographic's documentary shown to visitors -
" Return
to the
Wilds -
The homeless
Elephant " - as replacements for
current
copies shown at the
sanctuary.
Mr Joseph Dolcetti &
buddies from Canada also
donated several Mountain Equipmwnt rucksacks and 2 chest rigs to be
used by
the wild elephant rescue team. They also joined a wild elephant rescue
operation in Hulu Terengganu.
On
September 12th 2004 , the ECTU
received a pleasant gift in the form of Motorola
Talkabout Walkie
Talkies T5650 which
are small, rugged and has a 5 miles range - good enough for the team to
use in the harsh
and
humid
environment of the jungles.
Though these gifts are small in physical
size - it may well save the lives of the dedicated members of this unit
and
also
makes it slightly easier for
the unit
to track down rogue
wild
elephants for relocation.
We
would like to say " TERIMA KASIH
" or Thank You to Mr Tim Huckaby of Microsoft's Tech
Ed
for getting
the following persons to donate the abovementioned walkie talkies and
they
are ;
1. Mr Richard Campbell
from
Canada
2. Mr Brian Noyes
from
Washington DC, USA
3. Mr Hugh Kollar &
Mr Chris Vandewater of Carlsbad,CA,USA
4. Ms Lisa Downey
of
Redmond,WA,USA
5. Mr & Mrs Denis
& Donna Huckaby of North Hollywood,CA,USA
6. Mr Bruce Russell
of
Ramona,CA,USA
7. Lou & Kerry Holtz
of
Pasadena,CA,USA
8. Mr & Mrs Larry
& Jennifer French of Boulder,CO,USA
9. Art & Dee Zasio
of
Canyon Lake,CA,USA
10. James and Robin
Etheridges
of
Luecadia,CA,USA
11. Jane and Mike
O’Laughlin
of
Carlsbad,CA,USA
12. Mr & Mrs Kevin
& Sandra Twyman of San Marcos,CA,USA
13. Ms Veronica Garcia
of
San Diego,CA,USA
14. Mr & Mrs Brad
and Christy Sherrell of San Clemente,CA,USA
15. Mr & Mrs Bill
and Kathy Scripps of Rancho Santa Fe,CA,USA
16. Chris & Conni
Nardo of Carlsbad,CA,USA
17. Mr & Mrs Bob
& Jill Lombard of Carlsbad,CA,USA
18. Darrell & Terri
Alford of San Diego,CA,USA
19. Mr & Mrs Rodney
& Sue Guzman of Rancho Penasquitos,CA,USA
20. Mr & Mrs Scott
& Cyndi Stanfield of Point Richmond,CA,USA
21. Woody & Sam
Pewitt
of
Escondido,CA,USA
22. Ms Denise Smith of
Redmond,WA,USA
23. Mr & Mrs Robin
& Mary Sanner of Temecula,CA,USA
24. Mr & Mrs Bill
and Michelle Hogan of Austin,TX,USA
These are " beautiful
" :-)
Americans
whom
came to the sanctuary and never insisted that they be given
ANY prefered treatment throughout their
visit!
U
guys ROCK!
The
Sanctuary's equipment & food stores were recently given a new fresh
coat of paint together with
road
& information
signages
- thanks to Jotun
Paints which donated paints used by
the
Sanctuary's volunteers.
We
hope to receive more donations!
Catherine & family - Luvly english expats - even came to
lent their art painting skills to the
walls of the food
store and yet they are a perfect example of
humbleness
in the name of wildlife conservation!
Pete
& Helen
from
Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, recently donated several household electrical
items
which will be
used by the
volunteers and elephant rescue team. Thanks , Pete/Helen!
Mr Floris Blokbergen of Naarden, Netherlands,
recently volunteered to re-painted road signs, the food store,
wooden fence as well as
created lovely murals on the sanctuary's mini market and the nearby
kindergarten.
ALL
other
forms
of
donations/sponsorships, particularly, material are also encouraged and
welcomed namely ;
| Items |
Purpose |
Olympus Waterproof, Shockproof & Dustproof
Digital Camera
|
Staff use during
translocation exercise - We need TWO of them!
|
Garmin Waterproof GPSMAP 60CSx Handheld
|
Staff use during the translocation
exercise - We need FOUR of them!
|
Wind Up head
lamps
|
Staff use during the
translocation exercise - We need SIXTEEN units!
|
Portable Truck Weighing
Scales
|
To weigh captured wild
elephant before it is releaxed into a selected national park
|
Knipex Bolt Cutters
|
Staff use during the
translocation
exercise - We need EIGHT of them! |
We
would
appreciate
if you could kindly pass the word
around of the above items which
we can
use for the conservation efforts in understanding
& protecting Malaysian elephants.
Do contact us
if you wish to provide any form of donations/sponsorships OR The Elephant Man!
ALWAYS Proud
to be EleFriends!
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