It was a fundraiser with a difference, an evening of good food and great entertainment provided by Ben Blazer and his band “The CopperKing Derivatives”, Shyman Shaizo and Peterson….”Fire-burning” Zagaze. Great pledges were made with special thanks to Ílona Thompson of Olympic Milling for her pledge of K50 000 000 (WOW!) and Zambezi Portland Cement for K10 000 000. Bravery was put to the test with the invited guests bidding to either see our First Lady hold a massive African Rock Python or to save her from the ordeal, the bids swung against her and Mrs Banda, without batting an eyelid, strolled onto the stage and draped the beast around her neck!  Robby DÁlberto from Quicksave Ltd kindly paid K10 000 000 for his friend to energetically open the dance floor with The First Lady.

Thank you, Mrs Banda, for endorsing the CopperKing Development Trust’s Social Developement Programme and for the personal time and effort you put into the Nsobe Fundraiser. Many thanks too to the support and blessings from the Ndola Business Community who has enabled this dream of People Empowerment and Social Upliftment to get off the ground.

We look forward to the next one.

The relocation was professionally and successfully done by Doc Parsons and his capture crew.

If you are interested in being contacted when further Birding or Botany excursions are being conducted please contact Nsobe

Bird’s Spotted on the morning walk include:

Cardinal Woodpecker,  Yellow Tinkerbird, Crowned Hornbill, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher,

Black Cuckoo, Klasss’s Cuckoo, Shalow’s Touraco, Spotted Eagle Owl, African Wood Owl, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove,

Yellow-billed Kite, African Fish Eagle, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, African Goshawk, Reed Cormorant,

Grey Heron, Green-backed Heron, Hamerkop, African Golden Oriole, Black-headed Oriole, Square-tailed Drongo,

Fork-tailed Drongo, Brubru, Southern Puffback, Tropical Boubou, Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Chin-spot Batis,

White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Grey Penduline Tit, Dark-capped Bulbul, Little Greenbul, Red-capped Crombec,

Long-billed Crombec, Yellow bellied Hyliota, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Grey-backed Carmaroptera

Kurrichane Thrush, Ashy Flycatcher, Heuglin’s Robin, Miombo Srub-Robin, Amethyst Sunbird,

Collared Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Village Weaver, Yellow-throated Petronia, African Pied Wagtail

Our family of Giraffe are:

Gerry – Main Bull and father of all the young giraffe.

Theresa M’fud – Original Female Giraffe, captured as a young giraffe and brought to Nsobe together with Gerry. She is now pregnant with her 3rd calf.

Lofty – First born young  giraffe born at Nsobe.

Nadia – a young female giraffe of different bloodline brought to Nsobe and now new mother.

Twiggy – secong young giraffe born to Theresa at Nsobe last year.

As yet Nameless calf – see above