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KROKS is a sponsor
project that by means of
the
adopt-crocodile-and-send
-a-child-to-school
campaign aims at making
local people, especially
the children, aware of
their environment, and
help them understand
the importance of
sustainable use and
development in order to
let them and next
generations live in a
healthy and profitable
environment.
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Filippino children from Diwagden, San Mariano. Photo by B.M. Alfons© 2008
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The municipality of San Mariano is deeply marked by poverty and to help improve
circumstances it is important to deal with both the people and the environment.
In a place were man and nature dependent on one another indissoluble, one can
not rise with out the other. By helping the children to go to school and adopting a
baby crocodile for them this link is made.
The Filippino child will be provided with education and will be the so called ‘parent’
of the baby crocodile which includes a visit to the rearing station where the
crocodiles reside and eventually releasing their crocodile back into the wild.
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The pilot of the sponsor
project KROKS was
conducted at a Dutch
elementary school called
“ het Talent” in
Harderwijk.
There are two options
two gather money:
(1) to have an once-only
activity, e.g. one day with
regard to sponsoring,
(2) to have a long-term
activity, e.g. gather
plastic bottles for a
couple of months to
collect deposit.
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Dutch elementary school ‘het Talent’, benefit diner to raise money for KROKS.
Photograph made by hetTalent © 2009
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At the Dutch elementary school a once-only activity was organised, a benefit-diner
prepared by all the kids of the school for parents, other family and friends.
These guests could enjoy a four course dinner prepared by their own kids for a
small consideration and, besides, extra money could be given. At the dinner a
presentation of the project content was given by a member of the KROKS project.
Both parents and kids were very enthusiastic about the project which was clearly
visible by the large amount of money that was collected.
The people were generous mainly due to the direct and clear feedback:
correspondence (letters, film) between the Dutch and Filippino children about the
rearing station trip and croc-release by the Filippino’s but also about both their
lives as they are so different.
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