Lion Guardians

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Nov 24 2007 | By: admin

Well, this is Anthony again. I am back on Kenyan soil! My trip was one great and unforgettable experience. While I enjoyed my stay there, I could not help but miss home. I am very happy to be back home in the bush with cow and goat sounds all around! Interestingly, I am also missing the people I met in the

US only a few days since my arrival. Here is a picture of Linda, the person who kindly supplied the photographs for this blog.

During the trip, I met many wonderful people. Alvenia B. accommodated us; David S. and his wife welcomed us into their family; Nina, Joey and their son Riley; Iris and John; Brooke and Tree; Nikki and Jeff; and all the artists were wonderful company. Their music was heavenly. There are so many great people to remember but unfortunately, I can’t go ahead and list all of them on this blog.

Anyway, for today, let me just tell you how the business that took us there went. We were went to an Arts Auction sponsored by the National Arts Club. We were together with a collection of people who are interested in conserving lions on Mbirikani Group Ranch and helping the Maasai people.

We had many people donate artwork in support of lion conservation efforts. The Ol Doinyo Wuas Trust which runs a compensation program in Mbirikani donated several pieces of art work. The Lion Guardians were not left behind. My bead work and a fly whisk went into the market.

I was amazed at the effort people put in what they believe in! While some gave their prized artwork, others sacrificed their much needed cash (Man, life in

New York is so expensive!) to gather funds for lion conservation. The event, which landed on ‘day three’ of my stay in NYC was such a colourful event with so much hustle and bustle. I was clad fully in my murran attire on that day; I even had red ochre applied! Whew, wasn’t I a celebrity on this day! I met so many new people, all of whom I want to thank for their support of conservation of lions.

So, if you were involved, or you actually managed to get to the event, thank you so much for your belief in our work. Mr Hill and Mr Sugar, well done on making this all happen.

Here are some of the artists who donated work for the event.

And here is a photo of me in my traditional clothes that I wore for the occasion.

Its great to be back! Till tomorrow,

Antony