Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Life of a Vet, Maasai People | Date: Nov 11 2007 | By: admin

My vaccination work has been put on halt, but that does not stop me from doing other conservation work. After persistantly talking about Dupoto forest, I managed to bring my friend from Nairobi who works for tour agency. She was absolutely thrilled to see this pristine forest and last week she came with film crew from Japan to do introductory footage for Dupoto.

Naikada was the guide for the forest walk during the filming.

My friend liked the forest so much, she even went further in her effort help the Dupoto by deciding to bring group of 40 primary school children from Japan in March. They will be coming for a week to learn about nature and conservation work. Students will join the local students from Olopikidongoe Primary School for the tree planting ceremony where they will plant seedlings collected from Dupoto forest. The forest caretaker collects small number of seedling from forest floor, grow them in their jua kali (make shift) nursery and sell them to local schools(money is directed towards their operational fund). The student group will come to Dupoto every year for the next five years.

Naleki will be doing “Darasa Ya Polini” (Class in the Bush) for the students.