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The Royal Caledonian Schools Trust has agreed to support Project Flamingo with a grant of £750.

To learn more about the Royal Caledonian Schools Trust please see their website

The Gordon Foundation helps people up to the age of 30 grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. It offers grants to support their education in the fine or performing arts, particularly music, drama or design, or to allow them to engage in educational travel which involves physical challenge and endeavor.

The outdoor clothing company Páramo are supporting Niall's ambitious photo-documentary project to the Andes of South America by providing expedition equipment.

This represents an ideal partnership for the expedition as Páramo produce high quality waterproof breathable outdoor clothing that will protect Niall from the elements and allow him to concentrate on his main goal of producing high quality images of the Flamingo's and their habitat.

To see their full range of goods visit their website

My employers NUKEM Limited have also agreed to sponsor me. NUKEM Limited is a specialist nuclear engineering company supporting both the UK and the world-wide nuclear industry.

They have kindly provided the funding for my Wilderness Medical Training course as well as funding to cover the costs of immunisations and a medical kit. They are also allowing me to utilise company facilities such as telephone and printing to develop the project further.

Information on NUKEM can be found here

I am proud to announce that the Eric Hosking Trust are supporting this project with a bursary of £500. The Eric Hosking Trust represents the legacy of Eric Hosking the famous ornitholigist.

Further information on the Trust can be found here

Acknowledgements

A large number of people have helped me with this project so far and I would like to acknowledge their help here.

• Mike Riddell - it was my brothers crazy idea to do a project in the first place
• Jane Smith-Briggs - RWE NUKEM - for saying it would be OK to go off for 6 weeks
• David Hosking - Eric Hosking Trust - for supporting the expedition and giving me confidence to go ahead
• Mike Brewin - RWE NUKEM for allowing me time off work
• Judith Horsley - RWE NUKEM for kindly facilitating the sponsorship arrangements
• Brooks Childress - Flamingo Specialist Group/Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust for focusing my mind and guiding me in the correct direction
• Felicity Arengo - Flamingo Specialist Group/American Natural History Museum for providing stacks of useful information
• Nigel Jarrett - Flamingo Specialist Group/ Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust - for showing me around Slimbridge and discussing project outputs
• Helen Oxley - Páramo - for providing vital clothing to keep me warm and dry
• John Horsfield - Royal Caledonian Schools Trust - for providing further funding to support the project
• Tom Ang - Write & Photographer - for hosting the Royal Geographical Society Explore conference that gave me hope that this expedition could be a success
• Paul Deegan - for persuading everyone that it can be done
• Christina Mittermeier - International League of Conservation Photographers - for suggesting ways to use the images to communicate
• Pete Oxford - International League of Conservation Photographers - further ideas for communicating with images
• Omar Rocha - Gruppo prar la Conservacion de los Flamencos Altoandinos - for discussing chick banding
• Peter Baur/ Mark Anderson - Water Management Consultants - for providing information on Escondidas Environmental Impact Assessment work
• Linda Broughton - Escondida - for offering the opportunity to visit Escondida mining operations in Chile
• Claudio Sillero - Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford - for discussing issues affecting the tri-national area

There are many others who have also helped and I will try to update the site with this information at a later date.