Ruth Martin: Volunteer Forever
Earlier this year, the Great Primate Handshake partnered with Volunteer Forever to offer volunteers a platform through which to raise funds and find out from previous volunteers what they thought of their Handshake experiences. Many of this year’s volunteers have set up Volunteer Forever profiles to fundraise to join their project of choice. Ruth Martin, [...]
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A visit to the Colobus Trust
22. July 2012
Hand rearing any animal is a tough job so when we found out about baby Betsy – the longest surviving Black and White Angolan Colobus monkey to be hand reared – we were excited to be given the opportunity to visit Betsy and her handler, Andrea. We were asked to create a follow on documentary to [...]
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The 2012 Kenya Handshake Begins!
19. July 2012
This post is being written from Mombasa, Kenya, where the Handshake staff and volunteers have spent the last few days completing orientation activities, getting used to life on the truck, and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. The whole team met for the first time on the morning of the 17th of July, and quickly got [...]
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Regional Digital Hero Award Winners – Thank you for your votes
24. October 2010
Update: Thank you to everyone who voted for Alasdair and Laurence to win a 2010 Digital Hero award. It is with great delight that we can announce that they scooped the Regional Award! The Primate Handshake will be awarded £5000 towards its primate conservation expeditions and projects across Africa. With such a fantastic award fund, both [...]
Continue reading...Debate: Conservation Business or Volunteers?
10. September 2010
If an organisation has a business structure its efficiency will increase ten fold. Growing funds is the prime objective, so less productive procedures will fall at the waste side. If a commercial conservancy is run to get income via the tourist trade it will make sure its gift shops and extras are up to scratch [...]
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Voice your opinion on current primate issues
25. August 2010
Every Friday, The Great Primate Handshake will be submitting a question for discussion. This question will relate to current topics concerning conservation. It is hoped that through your involvement, the Handshake website can become a platform for informative discussion on current and future conservation topics. We need your views and opinions.
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New Photo Galleries Released
5. August 2010
After an extended development time and a wonderful contribution of fantastic photographs from Great Primate Handshake volunteers, we are happy to annouce that our new photograph section is now live. Over the next few weeks we will start to build up each gallery, populating them with photographs from past (and current) expeditions. The Kenyan Handshake Expedition [...]
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Day 22 – Kasiisi Wildlife Club and Handshakers
24. July 2010
Today the education and web team went to Kasiisi School, where their wildlife club was holding activities – and the Primate Handshake had the opportunity to be part of them. We arrived at 10am, and after a quick meeting with the teachers and organisers of the event to arrange last minute details, we joined the [...]
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Teaching a wildlife lesson in a Ugandan school.
24. July 2010
Today the education team, Suzanne, Abbie, Jade and Ellie, went to Kasiisi School to teach a conservation lesson as part of the school’s wildlife club. We were joined by Ben and Natasha from the video team, so they could make a documentary of our day. Rehmat, Alex and Kiera from the web team came to take [...]
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Day 14 Kibale National Park and Kasiisi School
16. July 2010
Today, after an early breakfast, we started our journey to Kibale National Park for a wildlife walk. Mixed feelings and expectations were raised by many of the volunteers, as it was going to be their first experience in an African National Park. At the park, we were divided in to two groups with different tour [...]
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