Operation Ocelot

Harriet Langley has accepted the Operation Ocelot challenge on behalf of Barnwood C of E Primary School to raise enough money to save an area of rainforest the size of the school field.  

Harriet has measured the school field and discovered that it is 90 meters by 50 meters.  By putting these dimensions into the Operation Ocelot calculator, on the World Land Trust (WLT) website, she found out that the amount needed to be raised to save an equivalent area of rainforest is £620.

*** BIG MATCH FORTNIGHT HAS NOW ENDED SO DONATIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING QUADRUPLED, BUT DONATIONS CAN STILL BE ACCEPTED *** 

Total funds raised up to £500 were Quadrupled, due to combining an offer of matched funding from a private donor with the WLT's Big Match Fortnight matching scheme.

So for every £1 raised on this JustGiving page between 6 and 19 October 2021 (both dates included), up to £500 in total, a private donor doubled this to £2 and WLT doubled it again to £4.

Harriet's Challenge

To raise money, Harriet is asking for sponsorship to have at least 12 inches of her hair cut off on 19 October 2021, which she will donate to the Little Princess Trust charity, who will make it into a wig for children who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment or other conditions.

If 100% of the target is raised by 19 October 2021 (before matched funds are added), an area of rainforest twice the size of the school field will be saved.

If 150% of the target is raised by 19 October 2021(before matched funds are added), an area of rainforest three times the size of the school field will be saved.

How will the money raised be spent?

Operation Ocelot is raising money to pay for the three-fold expansion of an existing reserve, Laguna Grande, in Guatemala from 1,668 to nearly 5,000 acres.  This will buy and protect threatened rainforest around a network of lagoons, wetlands and carbon-absorbing mangroves which are home to many special species.  This is an area that has already lost 80% of its lowland forest but with your help, together we can make sure the destruction of nature doesn't go any further.

In total over 126 species of mammals live in the area including Jaguar, Tapir, American Manatee and Neotropical Otter.  There are also an estimated 359 different types of birds that live here, as well as being a perfect habitat for amphibians and reptiles.

Harriet would like to thank you for any donations you would like to make.