Cercopan

First of all, I would like to say a big thank you to all of our readers who donated over the Christmas period; Christine C, Kevin C, Hope O, Cathy R, Karen L and Brenton H. As always, your support is much appreciated, by the staff, volunteers and the monkeys your donations are used directly to help.  I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas.

Rudoph the Red Eared Guenon

The end of the year is always a time for reflection, and as 2009 draws to a close, I am of course reminded of the difficult times we experienced this year and how close we actually came to losing our premises as a result of the financial crisis. With that in mind, I would once again like to thank all of our readers and the staff at Wildlife Direct for their unwaivering support during those particulary tough months, without your help, 2009 may have ended on a much bleaker note. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my CERCOPAN family; the wonderful staff and volunteers at CERCOPAN, all of whom worked tirelessly to keep things running and raise funds, who gave up days off, worked long into the night every evening and were always there to lift my spirits and make me smile. I could not ask for a better team.

It is with hope and positivity we look to the New Year and it is already promising to be a monumetal year in the history of our orgnisation and the vital work we undertake. In 2010, we are set to expand our tourism and community programmes, perform a second release of rehabilitated mona monkeys, increase protection of our research area, complete the construction of the Iko Esai Community and Tourist centre and most important of all, begin construction of our new HQ at the 11 hectare wooded site donated by the University of Calabar. I hope you all continue to follow our progress here at Wildlife Direct and will celebrate these advances side by side with us.

I wish you all the very best for the New Year from everyone here!

And once again, Thankyou.

Claire

CERCOPAN staff Christmas party