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BIG NEWS: JPP is on Indiegogo!!

We're raising money to start-up our programs!
The Jackie Prime Project is run entirely by volunteers and we need a little extra support to help get things going.

So this weekend we launched our very first fundraising campaign for the Jackie Prime Project!! It's a global crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo.com, which means anyone can contribute by claiming perks to help us get started as an organisation.
You can read the full campaign (and contribute) here: http://igg.me/p/278625
 
Our goal is to raise $5000.00 and the campaign will run for 47 days.
 
We are trying to raise start-up funds to help us apply for charity registration, buy some new camera equipment, cover some expenses for our first activities (printing education posters about monkeys & gibbons for Khao Yai, and buying new uniforms for kids in Khao Yai to have for school), and cover travel expenses for a staff trip to Thailand with our student volunteers (3 people will go).
 
The purpose of the trip is to go through a trial-run expedition with staff to ensure things run smoothly for future students and JPP members when we open up this option to the public the following year.
 
For each trip we run there will always be a mix of living in, and learning about, nature at Khao Yai, while also giving back to the local community in need. And portion of the funds we raise will be used on our staff trip to distribute school uniforms and school supplies to kids in need living in Khao Yai.
 
We will also use funds to have posters we designed translated into Thai and printed to give to Khao Yai National Park. These posters will be located in all the tourist facilities around the park headquarters promoting appropriate activities for nature appreciation to park visitors, educating them about the dangers of human-wildlife interactions (e.g.: Don't feed the monkeys). This is a continuation of a project I began in December 2010 with Tik when the popular Thai television program Navigator came to Khao Yai to talk with me and my Thai team about monkeys and gibbons (Navigator Year 6, Episode 85 *Thai version, our segment starts about 9mins into the program).
 
People can contribute to our campaign by claiming one of the perks (ranging from $10 to $1000) and depending on what you contribute/claim you can get anything from a postcard from Thailand to some JPP merchandise, to a special photo of a gibbon or a chance to Skype with me and the JPP team and my friends in Thailand this coming June 2013 :)
 
In addition, we've also updated some of the pages on our www.jackieprime.org website and in the next two weeks we will be posting the new Gibbon Guardians pages too.
 
So, the JPP team has been hard at work this year and it's very exciting!! Our volunteers have been doing some great work behind the scenes to help build a strong foundation for our organisation to run and I am so appreciative of all their hard work!!
 
If you and people you know want to contribute (even just $10 would help), please check out our website (www.jackieprime.org) and our Indiegogo campaign (http://igg.me/p/278625).
 
Please tell everyone you know :)
 
We have a vision: A world in which all people respect each other & nature.
Help us build the Jackie Prime Project, contribute and claim your perk at Indiegogo: http://igg.me/p/278625
We greatly appreciate your support!

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