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It would a great PR deal for Disney if they could organize something like this. It would be an extension of "Adventures by Disney" but with a humanitarian bent.
We want your labor. This is our proposal: You provide your labor and building skills for approximately 5 hours of work per day. In exchange, we will provide a daily safari of approximately 3 to 4 hours, plus even night drives...and we will provide room and board.
Tuli Tamara Lodge is an 8000 hectare game farm in the Tuli Game Reserve located in the extreme south east corner of Botswana (search Tuli Block), and it is in the process of major reconstruction. Our ultimate goal is to have a lodge facility that will offer affordable safari adventure vacations to those who cannot afford the $500+ charges of the luxury lodges offered in this region.
We need hard working, enthusiastic, and creative people to assist with our planned transformation. We do not have deep pockets, and we are not funded by some major worldwide resort chain. There is not enough local skilled and semi-skilled labor in the region, and we cannot afford to import a construction firm, so this is the reason why we offer this proposal to you.
Your monetary expense: you will have to buy your round trip transportation to Johannesburg, South Africa. From then on we will cover all daily expenses. From Joburg, we will drive the 6 hours to the Tuli Block. Well arrive just in time to have a nice sundowner and get settled in. The next day (and six days a week), we will head out in the game viewer and experience our first safari. Three or four hours later, were back at the lodge, eat lunch and have a bit of a sit down, then we begin work.
What kind of people do we seek and what kind of skills should you have? You are woman or man. You are of an adult of any age. You are fit. You are industrious and willing to put in 5 hours of respectable work 6 days a week. You have worked some kind of construction either as a profession or around your own house. You are adventurous (to consider this offer is a good indicator). You can take direction. You can get along with others and accept being part of a team. As far as construction skills, experience in masonry and tiling is needed first off. If you have other skills such as carpentry, electrical and plumbing..we want you. If you have no skills, but are willing to provide manual labor in carrying brick and making mortar, we might have a place for you. Tell us what you can do.
The Tuli game farm is a dream, and we have to share the dream with others. It has never had an income, and it has become a big financial drain. Wildlife has flourished on this large tract for years while other farms have killed it off to graze cattle and goats. To keep this paradise alive, we must transform the farm into one that produces enough to keep the wildlife safe from poachers.
How much more can I say here? I can write pages, but if you have an interest, shoot me an email. I dont know what kind of response Ill get from this ad, but I know that I would have rushed a query if Id read it 30 years ago!! I think Id like to have 4, 5, or 6 people at a time. The accommodation is double occupancy, so I would like to have 2 men or 2 women per room. The daily activity will be an early rise, grab coffee and a bite, then head out for a drive...actually, you may want to stay in and see the tuskers that visit the waterhole at the fence line. Back from a drive and a rest and food...then work. All meals, cooking and cleaning, are shared activities.
What info do I need from you? I would like the first group to arrive probably April. If you cant get away then, tell me when you can come as I expect there will be several construction groups. Tell me how long you can stay....3 weeks to 4 weeks would be the target...tell me if you are thinking longer. I need you to be flexible with your travel dates. Everyone must be able to coordinate through me as it is not possible to have some wanting 2 weeks and others 4 weeks.
I need to know your skills. Tell me all that you can so that I can plan around that.
The best thing you can do is to let me know YOU.
Enough for now....WRITE ME...and dont be shy with supplying information and dreams.
Do you have any medical training? Well, we might have an offer for you as well. Botswana is a very poor country, and the government cannot provide many basic services to a large percentage of the rural population. We have been given government approval to open a medical clinic, and we will be doing so as one of our first projects. This clinic is funded solely by us and by our medical friends in South Africa. We will provide basic primary care to anyone and will do so at no cost. This means building the physical structure as well as providing the medical supplies and equipment. Only one of us is a medical professional, so it would be great if we find someone else with any type of medical training who could be on call. Come on, tell us!
It would a great PR deal for Disney if they could organize something like this. It would be an extension of "Adventures by Disney" but with a humanitarian bent.
We want your labor. This is our proposal: You provide your labor and building skills for approximately 5 hours of work per day. In exchange, we will provide a daily safari of approximately 3 to 4 hours, plus even night drives...and we will provide room and board.
Tuli Tamara Lodge is an 8000 hectare game farm in the Tuli Game Reserve located in the extreme south east corner of Botswana (search Tuli Block), and it is in the process of major reconstruction. Our ultimate goal is to have a lodge facility that will offer affordable safari adventure vacations to those who cannot afford the $500+ charges of the luxury lodges offered in this region.
We need hard working, enthusiastic, and creative people to assist with our planned transformation. We do not have deep pockets, and we are not funded by some major worldwide resort chain. There is not enough local skilled and semi-skilled labor in the region, and we cannot afford to import a construction firm, so this is the reason why we offer this proposal to you.
Your monetary expense: you will have to buy your round trip transportation to Johannesburg, South Africa. From then on we will cover all daily expenses. From Joburg, we will drive the 6 hours to the Tuli Block. Well arrive just in time to have a nice sundowner and get settled in. The next day (and six days a week), we will head out in the game viewer and experience our first safari. Three or four hours later, were back at the lodge, eat lunch and have a bit of a sit down, then we begin work.
What kind of people do we seek and what kind of skills should you have? You are woman or man. You are of an adult of any age. You are fit. You are industrious and willing to put in 5 hours of respectable work 6 days a week. You have worked some kind of construction either as a profession or around your own house. You are adventurous (to consider this offer is a good indicator). You can take direction. You can get along with others and accept being part of a team. As far as construction skills, experience in masonry and tiling is needed first off. If you have other skills such as carpentry, electrical and plumbing..we want you. If you have no skills, but are willing to provide manual labor in carrying brick and making mortar, we might have a place for you. Tell us what you can do.
The Tuli game farm is a dream, and we have to share the dream with others. It has never had an income, and it has become a big financial drain. Wildlife has flourished on this large tract for years while other farms have killed it off to graze cattle and goats. To keep this paradise alive, we must transform the farm into one that produces enough to keep the wildlife safe from poachers.
How much more can I say here? I can write pages, but if you have an interest, shoot me an email. I dont know what kind of response Ill get from this ad, but I know that I would have rushed a query if Id read it 30 years ago!! I think Id like to have 4, 5, or 6 people at a time. The accommodation is double occupancy, so I would like to have 2 men or 2 women per room. The daily activity will be an early rise, grab coffee and a bite, then head out for a drive...actually, you may want to stay in and see the tuskers that visit the waterhole at the fence line. Back from a drive and a rest and food...then work. All meals, cooking and cleaning, are shared activities.
What info do I need from you? I would like the first group to arrive probably April. If you cant get away then, tell me when you can come as I expect there will be several construction groups. Tell me how long you can stay....3 weeks to 4 weeks would be the target...tell me if you are thinking longer. I need you to be flexible with your travel dates. Everyone must be able to coordinate through me as it is not possible to have some wanting 2 weeks and others 4 weeks.
I need to know your skills. Tell me all that you can so that I can plan around that.
The best thing you can do is to let me know YOU.
Enough for now....WRITE ME...and dont be shy with supplying information and dreams.
Do you have any medical training? Well, we might have an offer for you as well. Botswana is a very poor country, and the government cannot provide many basic services to a large percentage of the rural population. We have been given government approval to open a medical clinic, and we will be doing so as one of our first projects. This clinic is funded solely by us and by our medical friends in South Africa. We will provide basic primary care to anyone and will do so at no cost. This means building the physical structure as well as providing the medical supplies and equipment. Only one of us is a medical professional, so it would be great if we find someone else with any type of medical training who could be on call. Come on, tell us!
