Currency collection raises £400 for Friends of Conservation

Over the last year or so we have been collecting leftover currency from our clients when they come back from their trips. These small amounts have slowly added up over the year and a few weeks ago we took a very heavy bag of currency up to London and gave a vast assortment of notes and coins to Amanda from Friends of Conservation. Over the next week or so volunteers counted the currency and sent it to Travelex who converted it into sterling. The final count is in and approximately £400 was raised which will go to support one of the many projects that Friends of Conservation are undertaking in Africa and around the globe.

One of Friends of Conservations’ latest projects involves producing biogas units for communities in the Mara region of Kenya. Audley originally donated £8000 to this project and we have just heard that the first biogas plant is nearing completion. This simple system enables villagers to produce cooking gas by mixing manure and water, thereby eliminating the need to collect kindling from areas where lions and other predators are rife. The aim is to also reduce erosion to these areas as bushes and trees will be left to grow undisturbed.

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