Wednesday 28 May 2008

The Annual WWF Turtle Benefit Ball, Fiji

An enchanted evening for the endangered turtle

The venue before the majority of the guests arrived. © WWF Fiji / Jone Tuiipelehaki.

The Annual Turtle Benefit Ball is promising to be another evening of fun, feasting and most importantly, gathering much needed support for turtle conservation in Fiji.

The event scheduled for the 7th June, 2008, has already attracted commitments from the following:

The inaugural Turtle Benefit Ball held in 2007, attracted more than 200 guests from different professions and repute to aid WWF Fiji and partners in their efforts to protect the endangered sea turtle – a cultural icon for the island nation. The Ball raised a total of FJD 10,000 that supported several key activities such as:

  • nesting beach surveys during December 2007
  • community road shows in Vanua Levu aimed at primary and secondary school students
  • national high school art and poem competition
  • the first ever satellite tagging of hawksbill turtles on Yadua Island and the Mamanuca group

The 2008 Turtle Benefit Ball is aiming to again raise more public awareness and corporate engagement to continue the momentum of activities enabled by the funds raised in the previous ball.

Former Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka and WWF's Ashwini Prabha at the 2007 Turtle Benefit Ball. © WWF Fiji / Jone Tuiipelehaki.

This year’s theme is linked to the International Year of the Reef and particularly looks to illustrate the important role of turtles in maintaining the health of coral reefs. Turtles have recently been heralded as the emerging ‘canaries’ of climate change particularly as they are a good way to study the impacts of climate on coral reefs and associated ecosystems.

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Call 3315533 and speak to Akisi / Jone for ticket / table reservations or further enquiries.

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