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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. July August September 2012 Power shortages, Ghanaian national park exploration, and climbing Mt. Kenya. All this and more, including three photo galleries, the Afram Plains, Liberia, and Mt. Kenya. April May June 2012 Work continues at Avu Lagoon Community Protected Area, Vancouver Island University field school returns, and Ghanaian wedding celebration. January February March 2012 Rainy season returns to Ghana, electricity comes to Wechiau, mahogany seedlings take root. April May June 2011 Donna goes further afield, Kevin Strange visits West Africa, and two Canadian Universities conduct field schools. January February March 2011 Donna meets tribal leaders and visits Eastern Ghana swamplands. June July August 2010 World Cup Soccer, climbing Kilimanjaro and back to Canada. March April May 2010 Tree planting in Liberia and family visits in Ghana. November 2009 - January 2010 Progress in Liberia and a sea turtle Chrismas. September October 2009 Ten year celebration - new school - new signs - and a view of Ramadan. August 2009 University of Calgary visits the sanctuary, Donna comes home, and on the ground in Liberia. More... Bridget Dunne has been working with Donna. Here's an update on her activities in Ghana. April - May 2009 Funerals, sitatunga and Wechiau success. February - March 2009 Schools, water and electricity. October - November 2008 Elections, the Equator Prize and a new school. August - September 2008 A new school, uniforms for the rangers, and supplies from Hope for Health. June - July 2008 Caught red-handed! A UN presence in Liberia, and zapped by a tse-tse fly. April - May 2008 Tourism, a new companion and colleague, and sensibility goes out the window on a rainy day. March 2008 "Swamp month" (and it's challenges), from hunter to ranger, and flying like a bird! February 2008 Christmas vacation, Wechiau births, and getting robbed - the life and times of Donna Sheppard. December 2007 You think it's dry in Calgary during the winter? Read what it's like northern Ghana. 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. October 2007 Nothing by mouth from sun up to sundown for 29 days and connecting Calgary and Ghana schools. September 2007 When it rains it pours, the Bui Dam project, and establishing fair trade. August 2007 Airline changes lead to frustration, and being away in Canada leads to being arrested! June 2007 Shea nut farming and processing, Calgary-Ghana school initatives, and a snapshot of home life in the sanctuary. May 2007 A "natural" 'botox' treatment gone very, very wrong, post-secondary visitors from Calgary, and the Healthy Humans, Healthy Hippos project. April 2007 Measuring accomplishments at the sanctuary, donations for the local children, and a camera takes a swim. March 2007 Ghana's 50th birthday, the energy crisis, and the zoo's increasing involvement. November 2006 Educating the local community, new (albeit strange) changes to sanitation, and Christmas in Ghana. October 2006 Developments at the Heather Graham Primary School, a visit to the remote village of Dompie, and experiencing the'Milo Marathon.' September 2006 Learning about computer mapping using global information systems, and solar lighting efforts increase at the sanctuary. August 2006 An airship counts hippos, a bicycle rental update, and the increasing importance of education.
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