Today was nice,I had the privilege to go to 3 schools to market the academy...it was lots of fun and I got the chance to talk to allot of people!In the beginning it felt strange...but after a while you become used to it.
The children we talked to looked very interested and excited about sondela academy.
It was very good experience , learning some new people skills in communicating on their level!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Boma building and catching Kudus
How it works when they set up the boma is very important because of the animals that you are catching.
It is built in a v-shape and at the front is the truck that is connected to passage where the animals run through and into the truck....at the back it is open for the animals to come in.
They use a Helicopter to chase the animals into the boma,and as soon as they enter there is an alarm that goes off notifieng the people on the ground to close the boma.....It works like a curtain...it has a cable running above the ground and on the ground and the tarp is connected above and on the ground,it glides between the 2 cables..and the people pulling it is well camouflaged by bush that they put in a certain way so the animals cannot see you.
When the back of the boma is closed there is 2 more tarps that needs to be closed,one in the middle and one near the entrance to the truck...so the siren goes off again when the animals advance to the truck and then the tarp close behind them.....so it is with the last one as well.When the animals is in the truck and secure another siren goes off and it is now safe for all the tarps to be opened again.Then the Helicopter goes again to find more animals......and the same is done until the required amount is caught.
I learned allot,especially how to build a boma and how to catch the animals.
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