HOW far will P250 take you?
The amount may be negligible to you, spare change. Perhaps not enough for an online delivery order of your favorite drink or snack. But look at the bigger picture, did it ever occur to you that your P250 will be a big help in increasing the population of the Philippine eagle?
You’ve known of the National Bird’s plight. Several factors, like deforestation and hunting, led to the decrease of the mighty bird’s count in the wild, a number close to extinction. But thanks to the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) took a giant step in its breeding program and increased the Philippine eagles’ count.
To this day, Philippine eagles are bred and hatched in captivity at the PEC. But this is a huge task. Did you know that it takes years before an egg is successfully hatched? It’s a long process from courting to mating to finally laying an egg.
Let me introduce you to Philippine eagle Kadasig.
“Kadasig” is a Bisaya word that can mean courage or strength. To say, “may kadasig mupadayon” means “to have the courage or the strength to go on.”
Kadasig is a 17-year-old male eagle hatched on January 16, 2003, at the PEC. He is at the prime age for breeding and plays a critical role in our conservation efforts as a promising semen donor for cooperative artificial insemination (CAI). Thus, supporting him significantly helps the PEF’s work in breeding the Philippine eagle in captivity.
This is where you can come in and help. With the center greatly affected by the pandemic, the PEF is asking for support through a minimum pledge of P250 to help cover Kadasig’s food, keeper and veterinary care, and enclosure maintenance for one year.
World Environment Day on June 5, 2020, highlighted the importance of biodiversity. In honor of this celebration and in support of the Philippine Government declaration of June as Environment Month and June 4 to 10 as Philippine Eagle Week, the United Nations Development Programme will host an online screening of the 45-minute version of the documentary film “Bird of Prey” on June 24, 2020.
Part of this screening is the crowdfunding of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) to support one Philippine eagle named “Kadasig.”
To register:
Pledge for Kadasig via https://bit.ly/3e3Co8H
Take a screenshot of your pledge.
Sign-up on the online screening via https://bit.ly/osbirdofprey
Registration is open until June 23, 10:00 AM.
The event is in partnership with the Australian Government through its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) office in Manila and its Australian Global Alumni Network, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF).
Help save the Philippine eagle. Your P250 will be a big help. But if you’re generous enough, why not pledge a little more?
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