Photos: Beate Apfelbeck
After a long journey, eight binoculars and one spotting scope reached their destination in Kenya. This donation supports the work of the Dawida Biodiversity Conservation Group (DaBiCo), a non-profit organization that operates in the Dawida massif in the Taita Hills. The group was founded in 2012 with the primary goal of mobilizing community members to conserve the forests of the Taita Hills. The mountains are considered one of the global biodiversity hotspots.
DaBiCo currently has 255 voluntary members and over 1000 people who benefit indirectly from its network. DaBiCo is BirdLife’s local partner in the “Taita Hills Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA)”.
The optical devices donated by Binoculars4charity support bird monitoring in the IBA and are also used as a means to offer environmental education to school children. Nathaniel Mkombola, Chairman of DaBiCo, said: “The equipment provided by Binoculars4Charity helps immensely to improve our monitoring, training and educational efforts as now more of our group members and school children during outings have access to high-quality binoculars. In the long-term we hope that this will help to gain the support of the local communities for the protection of the remaining cloud forests of the Taita Hills”.
At Binoculars4charity we are delighted with another successful story and grateful for the support from our donors. We wish DaBiCo all the best in their effort for conserving and educating about nature! More information about DaBiCo ‘s activities can be found here and in their Facebook group.