The rain came - the bridge went...again

On Tuesday night the rainy season finally found us. Hurricane Humberto, who later hit the US coast, was forming and getting angry just a few 100 kilometers off the Cape Verde archipelago. Boavista only received some heavy rain - but enough to take down the improvised bridge, that has been in place since last years rainfalls. After a night of downpour  the dam had gone and a mighty river of rainwater was eating away trees and tons of soil. Absolutely spectacular to watch!
Luckily, our camp staff was well prepared and got through the wet night well - the only casualties were some wet sleeping bags.

Happy Birthday Fundação Tartaruga!!!

Since one year now the Turtle Foundation is operating in Cape Verde as a nationally registered and approved charity. We are happy and proud to celebrate our first birthday as " Fundação Tartaruga". Here some pics from our birthday party last  weekend at Boa Esperança campsite.

Some results of our collaborative research with GEOMAR

Turtle Foundation has been partnering with a research organization from Kiel, Germany for the last couple seasons, including satellite tagging turtles and collecting skin samples for population genetics.  You can read about the results of some of the research here:
Cape Verde sea turtle research

Previously on the beaches of Norte...

...last week we organized our first Kids Activity Day of the season together with our partner NGO Natura 2000 and the Protected Areas Management of Boavista. Porto Ferreira beach, a protected Area patrolled by Natura 2000 was turned into a outdoor playground for the schoolkids from the villages of Norte, who learned about nature protection and - of course - sea turtles. We are very proud of our new Capeverdian colleague Ivanilde who did a fab first job in her Education and Awareness work.    

 

...Previously in Lacacao beach camp...

Our project is now up and running since two weeks. Time to show you what we have been doing so far. We will keep you updated with some impressions from our different project sites - starting today with the Lacacao camp.

Theoretical training in the volunteer's tent in Lacacao

A presentation about tourism development on BV

TF's best ever Infopoint and shop at Lacacao beach :)

shell turtle parachuting from the camp's kitchen ceiling

camp staff Zeddy, Patrick and Miguel

Heike and Lauren started the beach profile study

Ginshu hard at work during morning censo