059 Storytime - Skies of Hope: Koko's Adventure in Saving the African Elephant

Koko, the Ukulele Playing Chimpanzee’s adventure to save the African Elephants

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Video Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

02:28 - Skies of Hope: Koko's Adventure in Saving the African Elephant

10:41 - Closing

13:07 - Song: “Over Africa I Fly”

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Two Organizations helping African Elephants:

1. Save the Elephants at their website:
https://savetheelephants.org.
Save the Elephants is a leading organization dedicated to securing a future for African elephants. Founded by renowned zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Save the Elephants combines world-class scientific research with a deep connection to local communities. They specialize in elephant behavior, intelligence, and long-distance movement studies, applying this knowledge to conservation challenges. Save the Elephant's innovative approaches include high-tech tracking for landscape planning and low-tech solutions like beehive fences to reduce human-elephant conflict.

2. Elephant Crisis Fund at their website:
https://elephantcrisisfund.org.
The Elephant Crisis Fund, a joint initiative of Save the Elephants and the Wildlife Conservation Network, provides rapid, catalytic funding to the most effective projects aimed at stopping the killing of elephants, thwarting traffickers, and ending the demand for ivory. With a 100% donation model, every dollar contributed goes directly to carefully vetted, urgent actions across Africa. The Elephant Crisis Fund's approach allows it to identify and support the most promising elephant conservation efforts continent-wide.

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Koko’s First Video, Jungle Serenade:
https://youtu.be/8we3audfvV4

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Words to the song in the video:

Over Africa I Fly

(Verse 1)
I once sat under the jungle canopy, strumming my ukulele,
The rhythm of the jungle was everything to me.
I rode the backs of gentle giants, felt the ground shake below,
Elephant numbers were fading, and I knew I had to go.

(Chorus)
So I took to the skies, flying over the land,
With a ukulele in my hand.
The world needs to know, and I can’t just stand by,
We must save the Elephants, so over Africa I fly.

(Verse 2)
The elephants, they live so long, in families they stay,
Led by the oldest, the wisest, guiding the way.
They care for their young, with love and tender care,
Elephants need us now, please make everyone aware.

(Chorus)
So I took to the skies, flying over the land,
With a ukulele in my hand.
The world needs to know, and I can’t just stand by,
We must save the Elephants, so over Africa I fly.

(Bridge)
I see the poachers creeping in the night,
I see the forest slowly losing light.
But the elephants shape the land, and they give it all they can,
So we’ve got to stand tall, we’ve got to make a plan.

(Verse 3)
Now I soar above the jungle, where the winds of change blow,
Rallying all who will listen, wherever I go.
With my song and my story, I hope to make it clear,
We can’t lose them now, not after all these years.

(Chorus)
So I took to the skies, flying over the land,
With a ukulele in my hand.
The world needs to know, and I can’t just stand by,
We must save the Elephants, so over Africa I fly.

(Outro)
And when you hear that music, drifting through the trees,
Know that it’s a call, carried on the breeze.
For these gentle giants who walk the earth, their future shining bright,
We’ll raise our voices, and stand for what’s right.

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website:
https://oportuno.org

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