The word "babar", in the Gonja language
of the Northern Region of Ghana, where the project has been initiated,
means "come to my aid". In addition, it is also Turkish
for lion. Lions have long held an odd and almost mystical association
with honeybees (see "The
Bee-Riddled Carcass"). We allude to these associations
to title a project to promote conservation, eco-tourism and beekeeping
as an income-generating activity in developing countries:
bees for babar®
(This site and project has no affiliation with the family of the Mogul leader of the same name nor with other entitities using the word "babar".) |
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This project benefits subsistence
farmers whose cultivated plots are on land bordering Mole Park in Ghana.
Funds raised by the "bees for babar"
society are used to provide apicultural training and to purchase
materials for the construction of hives and beekeeping equipment
as a means of discouraging wildlife from raiding farmers' crop as
well as to provide supplemental income from increased pollination
of crops and the sale of honey and wax.
We aim to make every dollar count. Society members are all non-paid volunteers and all donations are channeled to fieldwork. International travel costs are covered by funding outside the charity (see information on the Farmer-to-Farmer program [NOTE-- that information is contained on an old server; use the alt-left-arrow key combo to return back to the current site). |
