It's only June 2nd and I'm publishing our budget update for May. Quite happy with myself for that... Here you are!
Robertsport Community Campsite
Income
Campsite fees and tent rental $120
Expenditure
New platform for pit latrine
- Materials $40
- Transporting materials to Robertsport $30
- Workmanship $25
Kerosene $10
Salary Campsite Manager $70
Salary Campsite Staff $40 (half month)
Campsite sub-total -$95
Women's Sewing Co-op
Income
3 bags sold $4.50
Co-op sub-total $4.50
Sea Turtle Rescue
Check out the link to our new project!
Expenditure
$10 advance on salary for Project Leader ($50 salary total per month)
$20 for sea turtle and sea turtle egg rescue
Sea Turtle Rescue sub-total -$30
Project Summary
Robertsport Community Campsite -$95
Women's Sewing Co-op $4.50
Sea Turtle Rescue -$30
Project sub-total -$120.50
Budget Summary
Community Fund as of April 2010 $785.60
Community Fund as of May 2010 $665.10
Showing posts with label turtles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turtles. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
We save sea turtles.
Last weekend, Nate and I were surfing Shipwrecks with a visiting Aussie when we saw a large fishing net drifting towards the rocks. We focused on it and a lone flipper waved. We waited a moment, and it waved again.
"Turtle!" announced the Aussie.
"Let's rescue it!" I said, starting to paddle towards the rocks and hoping that a giant set wasn't just beyond the horizon and about to smash me to pieces.
The sea turtle was impossibly tangled, and while the men slowly paddled against the current to get it to the beach, I ran back to the campsite to get our knife so that we could cut it free. A kilometer later, I was back and we got started.
The turtle was freaked out to be pulled out of the water, but the Aussie kept it calm by sitting next to it and rubbing its neck, humming softly to console it. Nate started cutting the net, which was chaffing tight around the turtle's neck and flippers, right to the muscle in some places. It must've been frighteningly uncomfortable, but the turtle didn't try to bite us like I expected. Instead, it stayed pretty calm as we cut it free.
It only took a second for the turtle, once released from the 20 kg net it had been lugging along, to lumber itself towards the water and disappear. I wanted to take more photos, but got kind of caught up in the moment.
"We saved a turtle! That's great karma. I feel fantastic," said the Aussie, ever enthusiastic.
I think we just started our turtle conservation project. More details on what it will look like when we talk to our new Project Leaders next week.
"Turtle!" announced the Aussie.
"Let's rescue it!" I said, starting to paddle towards the rocks and hoping that a giant set wasn't just beyond the horizon and about to smash me to pieces.
The sea turtle was impossibly tangled, and while the men slowly paddled against the current to get it to the beach, I ran back to the campsite to get our knife so that we could cut it free. A kilometer later, I was back and we got started.
The turtle was freaked out to be pulled out of the water, but the Aussie kept it calm by sitting next to it and rubbing its neck, humming softly to console it. Nate started cutting the net, which was chaffing tight around the turtle's neck and flippers, right to the muscle in some places. It must've been frighteningly uncomfortable, but the turtle didn't try to bite us like I expected. Instead, it stayed pretty calm as we cut it free.
It only took a second for the turtle, once released from the 20 kg net it had been lugging along, to lumber itself towards the water and disappear. I wanted to take more photos, but got kind of caught up in the moment."We saved a turtle! That's great karma. I feel fantastic," said the Aussie, ever enthusiastic.
I think we just started our turtle conservation project. More details on what it will look like when we talk to our new Project Leaders next week.
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