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Postcards of elephants in Odzala below are available. (Shipping is only in Japan.)
<150 yen per card +shipping cost> (Set of 5 cards: 700yen)


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◆How to buy postcards◆
Please send an e-mail indicating the number of photo and how many for each, and your preference of paying method, with your address. Payment methods are sending postal stamps of the equivalent amount, or bank transfer. Total amount and detail of paying method will be noticed by return e-mail.
Please send e-mail to here

Credit of the photo ill not appear on the photo. Please note that trimming may not be exactly the same as above.
Sales of postcards will be used for conservation activities of forest elephants in Congo.

 

Supporting local organizations

You may feel that villagers appearing on this site seem enjoying life. It's true that the simple village life is wonderful compared with urban life surrounded by full of things and information, but they also have wish to get proper treatment for diseases, to let their children receive proper education, and to live more comfortably, like we wish so. Following four organizations have been established by Congolese themselves, and registered at the government. I am thinking of supporting them any way. Please contact me if you are interested in them.
Fields
French names
Main activities
Healthcare, Education, Development Fonds MBOMO-Actions (FMA) It aims to develop the village Mbomo and improve villagers' life. They seek for funding to promote agriculture and fish farming, improve facilities of the hospital and educational environment.
Apiculture Association pour le Developpement de l'Agriculture et l'Elevage (ADAE) They seek for funding to conduct an educational project to promote apiculture by training villagers, including Bambenga.
Support for Bambenga Association Prospectives et Developpement They seek for funding to conduct educational projects for Bambenga so that they would learn about the world, which will make them want to improve their life by themselves.
Environment conservation,
Local development
Agence por l'Environement et le Developement Local (AEDL) They plan projects to promote environmental conservation and sustainable development to promote local people's lives.

Contact
I welcome your comments and suggestions on this site.
Send an e-mail to: marumimizoucongo@yahoo.co.jp

◆I would appreciate it if you could let me know in advance when you put a link.
About the author: Mikiko Hagiwara
Participated in Earthwatch projects of elephant research in Zimbabwe and Kenya.
Obtained Master's degree at DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology), Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Master's theses was on elephant crop raiding in Kenya.
Working as a volunteer for Elephant Conservation Fund in JWCS (Japan Wildlife Conservation Society).
 
Links
Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS) 
One of the few Japanese wildlife conservation NGOs, internationally active in CITES conferences. They have Elephant Conservation Fund to support conservation activities in elephants' habitat.

Earthwatch
Earthwatch Japan (Japanese)

An international NGO for conservation of environment supporting scientific field researches around the world by sending off volunteers.
IUCN SSC African Elephant Specialist Group
Update result of researches by specialists on elephants is available. Bibliography of elephants is also available.
ECOFAC (French/English)
Conservation and development project by EU, managing Odzala National Park with Ministry of Forest and Economy, Government of Congo. Information on other national parks in Central Africa is also available.
DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology), Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, UK
The author studied here. Students are very international from Africa, Central America and Asia. Courses are 'Conservation Biology' and 'Tourism and Conservation'.
Pao Pao Land (Japanese)
Full of information on elephants; from knowledge to hobby. For elephant lovers.
Zoukusu hyakka (Japanese)
For elephant lovers. Full of information on especially Asian elephants, and elephants in zoos in and outside Japan.
Official site of Government of Congo (French)
 
congopage.com (French)
News of the Republic of Congo