The Oxford Roots & Shoots ‘Madagascar campaign’ sprung to life in May 2010, just towards the end of the academic year. Josia Razafindramanana gave us a kick start to our projects, having coordinated Roots & Shoots in Madagascar. We began with our end of academic year book collection, with desperately needed books to be sent to schools and universities in Madagascar. Students from across the university donated 9 boxes of books and set us the awesome task of raising £800 to ship them to Madagascar.

This new academic year we have been able to devote more time to our project and are underway with plans for a Malagasy themed fundraising night in approximately 3 weeks time. The highlight of the evening …

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Amazon – go to the Jane Goodall Institute UK website www.janegoodall.org.uk/help page, use the link to buy goodies from Amazon, and a percentage goes towards our wildlife research, education and conservation.
Anniversary giving – celebrate a special date by asking friends and family to give a special gift to the Jane Goodall Institute. We’ll mention all those celebrated in our newsletter and on our website – just let us know.
Auction – organise your own auction evening with donated items from people you know and even local businesses.
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Baking – you can guarantee that your friends and family will be happy to give a contribution in exchange for homemade provisions!
Barbeque – get friends and family to join …

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If you have an idea for running a Roots & Shoots project that requires additional funding than is currently available, the new Big Lottery Community Wildlife Fund may be able to help.

http://www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife

Read more about the Big Lottery Community Wildlife Fund

I can’t begin to write this posting without first offering a huge Thank-You to everyone at Roots & Shoots for our Gold Award. It helps that we are family based and that the agents who are able bodied do not appear to perceive other agents’ difficulties as a barrier to certain experiences. I think one of the greatest assets of the group is their willingness to adapt and accommodate the array of strategies we employ.

One of the …

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What a busy but productive few months we have had!

In school we raised £2169 for Haiti and donated this to Shelterbox.
Our links with the Congo continue as we support the development of a school and the empowerment of the children as they are able to access knowledge.
Students in English wrote to Nestle and as a direct result Nestle switched to Fair Trade Sources.
Visiting medics came into school and gave a very informative lecture about Madagascar including its environmental issues and the project work on health and contraception.
Two members of staff went to Nigeria and we are now forming active links across the curriculum.
Within the college we have planted up four raised beds with vegetables, herbs and soft fruits. …

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This Christmas why not buy a present with a difference? For just £25 you can buy a Child Membership which includes a pack full of fascinating information on chimpanzees, a certificate of adoption, a poster and a Mr H Junior toy. For an Aunt, Uncle or Grandparent, why not choose Gold or Silver Membership? Gold Membership includes adoption of a chimpanzee at Tchimpounga Sanctuary. You can choose from the following chimpanzees:

If you really want to make a difference, why not ask people to send a donation to the Jane Goodall Institute instead of buying you a Christmas present this year?

Download a donation form here .

As always we would like to thank all our …

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Download Spicy Fish Cakes recipe (pdf)
Taken from mix. by James McIntosh,
a really quick dinner or lunch using leftovers, or canned fish.

This recipe explains everything you need to make a tasty treat that you can use as part of your Roots & Shoots fundraising activities!

Ingredients
MAKES 4

250g cooked or canned fish
250g cooked and mashed potato
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 red chilli, chopped
1 tsp lemon juice
1 egg, beaten
Fresh bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten

Directions

Remove the bones and skin from the cooked fish. Flake and mash onto a plate.
Add fish to mashed potato, beat until smooth.
Season and add chilli, lemon juice and egg, beat together.
Form mixture into a large roll on …

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Download Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffin recipe (pdf)
Taken from mix. by James McIntosh,
a very quick, easy, all-in-one muffin mix.

This recipe explains everything you need to make a tasty treat that you can use as part of your Roots & Shoots fundraising activities!
Ingredients
MAKES 10-12 MUFFINS

250g self raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
100g caster sugar
250ml milk
1 large egg
90ml vegetable oil
150g raspberries
150g white chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 180?C (160?C if using a fan oven) or Gas Mark 4. Place the muffin cases into a muffin tray.
Place all of the ingredients apart from the raspberries and chocolate into a bowl and mix to form a smooth batter.
Gently fold in the raspberries …

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Download Grilled Peach Melba recipe (pdf)
As featured by Sophie Grigson in the BBC series Cook It.

This recipe explains everything you need to make a tasty treat that you can use as part of your Roots & Shoots fundraising activities!
Ingredients:
SERVES 4

4 peaches, halved and stoned
caster sugar
4 scoops of vanilla ice-cream

For the Raspberry Coulis:

300g (10 ½ oz) raspberries
2 tablespoons caster sugar or to taste
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions:
To make the raspberry coulis, put the raspberries, icing sugar and lemon juice in a processor or liquidiser and whiz to a purée. Taste and add more sugar if required. Rub through a fine sieve to remove …

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Download Bircher Muesli recipe (pdf)
Taken from Organic by Sophie Grigson.

This recipe explains everything you need to make a tasty treat that you can use as part of your Roots & Shoots fundraising activities!

Ingredients
SERVES 3-4

3 tablespoons of rolled oats
80 ml of apple juice
2 apples, grated
half a large tub of greek style yoghurt
honey to taste
a handful of nuts – whichever you like best, but can be omitted
fresh fruit – raspberries, strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, etc.

Directions
Soak the oats in the juice for a couple of hours if possible. Grate the apples into the bowl with the oats, then stir in the yoghurt and …

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