• Recycled aluminum reduces pollution by 95 percent.
  • Four pounds of bauxite are saved for every pound of aluminum recycled.
  • Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial air fleet four times every year.
  • Recycled aluminum saves 95 percent energy versus virgin aluminum; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
 

Dispatches

Donna Sheppard is a Calgary Zoo staff member who lives year round at the Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary, helping on the ground with conservation efforts. As often as possible, Donna sends newsletter updates from the 'front line.'

Please note the links at the bottom of some of the earlier pdf pages no longer function. This web page now serves as the archive for the reports.

Nov 2009 - January 2010

Progress in Liberia and a sea turtle Chrismas.

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September October 2009

Ten year celebration - new school - new signs - and a view of Ramadan.

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August 2009

University of Calgary visits the sanctuary, Donna comes home, and on the ground in Liberia.

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July 2009

Bridget Dunne has been working with Donna. Here's an update on her activities in Ghana.

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April - May 2009

Funerals, sitatunga and Wechiau success.

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February - March 2009

Schools, water and electricity.

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October - November 2008

Elections, the Equator Prize and a new school.

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August - September 2008

A new school, uniforms for the rangers, and supplies from Hope for Health.

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June - July 2008

Caught red-handed! A UN presence in Liberia, and zapped by a tse-tse fly.

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April - May 2008

Tourism, a new companion and colleague, and sensibility goes out the window on a rainy day.

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March 2008

"Swamp month" (and it's challenges), from hunter to ranger, and flying like a bird!

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February 2008

Christmas vacation, Wechiau births, and getting robbed - the life and times of Donna Sheppard.

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December 2007

You think it's dry in Calgary during the winter? Read what it's like northern Ghana.

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November 2007

Despite of a double barreled blast of malaria and parasite infection, Donna managed to obtain her driver's licens, visit a bead-making factor, and witness the selection of high school award winners.

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October 2007

Nothing by mouth from sun up to sundown for 29 days and connecting Calgary and Ghana schools.

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September 2007

When it rains it pours, the Bui Dam project, and establishing fair trade.

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August 2007

Airline changes lead to frustration, and being away in Canada leads to being arrested!

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June 2007

Shea nut farming and processing, Calgary-Ghana school initatives, and a snapshot of home life in the sanctuary.

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May 2007

A "natural" 'botox' treatment gone very, very wrong, post-secondary visitors from Calgary, and the Healthy Humans, Healthy Hippos project.

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April 2007

Measuring accomplishments at the sanctuary, donations for the local children, and a camera takes a swim.

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March 2007

Ghana's 50th birthday, the energy crisis, and the zoo's increasing involvement.

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November 2006

Educating the local community, new (albeit strange) changes to sanitation, and Christmas in Ghana. 

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October 2006

Developments at the Heather Graham Primary School, a visit to the remote village of Dompie, and experiencing the'Milo Marathon.'

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September 2006

Learning about computer mapping using global information systems, and solar lighting efforts increase at the sanctuary.

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August 2006

An airship counts hippos, a bicycle rental update, and the increasing importance of education.

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Please note the links at the bottom of some of the earlier pdf pages no longer function. This web page now serves as the archive for the reports.