We are extremely grateful to all the students, staff, parents at Clearwater Bay School who helped to raise funds for Masarang HK, especially the Eco warriors led by teacher Ms Justine Taylor.
During a series of events organised by CWBS to celebrate ‘Green Week’, Masarang HK was invited to speak about the work we do and the projects we support.
The staff and students were very interested in the work being done to rescue wildlife, promote reforestation and empower local communities by Dr Willie Smits and the Masarang Foundation. After listening to the two talks by Adrienne, a founder of the charity in HK, comments from students included the following:
I can’t believe that people would shoot mother orangutans to take the babies. – Charlotte
I was so surprised to hear that animals are being kept illegally- Ollie
I couldn’t believe that they put cockatoos in plastic water bottles to transport them- Zadie
I was shocked that two men hid 400 animals in a metal hut and an apartment (in HK!) –Adrian
I was shocked to hear that the bird horn in China was more valuable than elephant ivory – Theo
The Eco-warriors from CWBS are shown here with the giant straws they made to raise awareness about the need to stop using plastic straws.
In addition to all the other plastic waste we are generating, huge numbers of straws end up in the ocean and in waste piles on land.
There are alternatives to plastic straws, including the stems of papaya leaves. These, of course, can be made into compost after use!
Amazing fund-raising events by students, staff and parents in the school included:
⦁ Buying hand-made woven bracelets to support the Sintang Orangutan Centre;
⦁ Donating funds to wear environmentally-themed colours to show support during Green Week;
⦁ Awareness-raising and fund raising by Staff and Parents, including clothes exchanges.
A particularly big thank you goes to two people:-
⦁ Justine Taylor, who in addition to being a teacher at the school, leading the Eco-warriors and spending a huge amount of time coordinating Green Week also made and sold her amazing apple and onion chutney, with funds raised going to Masarang HK.
⦁ Mason Wilkinson, from 5B, for his thoughtfulness and generosity. Mason raised a staggering HK$700 by asking for donations to the charity instead of presents at his birthday party.
Thank you to all students, staff and parents at Clearwater Bay School for the interest in our work, support for Masarang HK and the fund-raising to help the projects.
The funds raised will be used for: animal feed for the 550 rescued animals at Tasikoki and the salary for a vet nurse at Tasikoki, to help care for animals that are ill when rescued.
Additionally, we will send some of the donation to the Sintang Orangutan Centre (SOC) to help buy equipment for the new Jerora Sintang orangutan facility.
Justine’s famous and scrumptious apple and onion chutney
Bracelets/Bookmarks hand-made by the women’s collective in Sintang
Masarang HK Society is a Hong Kong based Charitable institution and were granted tax exemption status under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance on 23 May 2014.
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