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At about the same time that the previous SAVA Conservation newsletter came out in
March, we received some fantastic news concerning project support. The
Helmsley
Charitable Trust
notified us that after approval by their board, our application to their
foundation
had
been
accepted. The Helmsley grant
will cover a variety of project
expenses
ranging
from
salaries to teacher training
activities, so will be critical to
basic project operation and
will allow us to move more
rapidly
towards
our
conservation objectives in the
SAVA region. It is a very exciting moment for SAVA Conservation, and puts us on the
most secure financial foundation that we have yet enjoyed, and for the next three years!
The SAVA Conservation project operates on grants and donations, so this is a
particularly important moment in the project’s history and development. A heartfelt
thanks to the Helmsley Charitable Trust and their staff, who over the two years between
first contact and making the award, worked patiently with us to get the submission into
peak form. And thanks also to the newest member of the DLC Management Team, grant
writer Valorie Sterling Cook, for her part in assembling the submission.
To our faithful donors who have so generously brought the SAVA Conservation
project to where we are today, I would also like to offer a heartfelt THANK YOU. Without
your loyal support, we would never have achieved the success that demonstrated to
Helmsley our ability to put conservation actions on the ground. That said, your support
remains crucial for the project to move forward as rapidly as possible, to address the
environmental needs of Madagascar and the SAVA region. There is much work to do,
and the unique forests of the SAVA region continue to contract at an alarming rate.
Conservation news from the
S
ambava-
A
ndapa-
V
ohemar-
A
ntalaha region of NE Madagascar
JULY 2014
Vol. 3, No. 2
I NS I DE TH I S
I S SUE :
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST :
Exciting News for DLC-SC Funding!
Teacher Trainings Back on Track
It has been a frustrating year of not being able to move forward with the teacher
trainings in environmental education for a variety of organizational reasons. But finally,
the trainings are back on track, with a teacher training carried out this past April, over
the Easter holidays, in the Andapa CISCO (school district). The trainings were funded by
by Charlie Welch and Dr. Erik Patel