My Endangered Baby..

It has been difficult to keep up with blogging especially for one who prefers to travel light without a laptop (and not even a camera).  One who prefers to stay in an isolated town, away from the internet world.

But I guess there comes a time when you cant keep up with preferences and cant contain the drive to write...  something close to heart...

Last weekend, I went to an adoption center...  The walk to the building gave a familiar touch, a feeling of excitement because this is not my first time.. Years back i made an adoption but had to make a tough decision quickly altogether --to let go of the baby for reasons I don't have control over.  He simply cant live in my world..  I re-lived that day..  This poem I made for my baby, Jaldi, translated in Hindi as "fast"

Jaldi, my baby

Jaldi baby, 

my little one, i will send you to the world,
alone...

you will be learning how to catch fish, crabs,
without me
feeding with seagrass or algae
without mom's help

my protection you will be without
my care, will just be a memory

Go Jaldi go!!

be brave 
dont be afraid of predators,
of yours
and other sea creatures

be fast,  
   take the lead
       where you are, let it be better place
           to live in

multiply 
   like the myriad of stars
       so endangered will long be forgotten
            and your presence will live on... 

I adopted a Turtle:
To ensure survival and growth for the endangered species.
To foster awareness and consciousness among the peoples that it is illegal to trade turtle as it is to a human child. Drop us a note here, if you wish to adopt a turtle

Together with Metro Drug volunteers headed by Mr  Mikey Ong & Ms Chi Jimenez, we were taken to the Pawikan Conservation Center built by Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (PAWB-DENR).

To account the history of the center, "In late 1999, Bantay Pawikan, a local organization undertook the first in situ turtle conservation project called the Community-based Pawikan Conservation in Bataan in the small village of Nagbalayong in Morong, Bataan, a province in Western Luzon.  What is noteworthy about this endeavor is that the members of the implementing organization, the Bantay Pawikan Inc were former poachers involved in the collection of turtle eggs.  These poachers-turned-conservationists were at the forefront of protecting the sea turtles that breed and nest in what has been identified as the biggest nesting beach of the olive ridley turtles in the Philippines.  In 2001, the project received a grant from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the continuance and strengthening of project activities."

As multitudes of turtles have been freed by multitudes of volunteers, Bantay Pawikan continuously welcome visitors and take them to the cycle of sea turtle's life or what can be death or extinction without proper care.

The following video recounts the work of the center, its volunteers who painstakingly keep a watch on sea turtles and visitors (Metro Drug employees included) who drove from different parts of the country to enjoin in the noble cause.  Special notice is given to a child, who at his young mind spoke like an oracle, "I adopted a turtle and then I realized that I'm supposed to let it go so that its population will not be extinct."  Click here to view more about Pawikan on TV5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8noPb2NDZe8

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