New Brisbane

Fundraising Event: Help Save the Lemurs of Madagascar

Artwork Auction

Where: RM Galleries

Time: 6-8pm, Thursday 21 June 2007

I know this is a bit of blatant advertising but it’s for a very good cause. Read on to discover!

Brisbane-based ecologist Anna Grieg is going to Madagascar! Why? You might ask. Well, because the amazing island needs help - quickly. To quote David Attenborough ‘Madagascar possess a great range of animals and plants that live nowhere else in the world. Although this immense island has now lost much of its original vegetation, its forest still survives… and it still contains spectacular populations of monkey-like lemurs and much else besides’. Most of Madagascar’s population of approximately 17 million live in poverty with an average annual income of just 218 euros and over 90% of the country has been deforested.

Anna is donating her skills and time to help protect the lemurs of Madagascar. She will be roughing it for 8 weeks volunteering for the UK-based charity Azafady and Madagascar’s national zoo. There are 33 species of lemur ranging from the tiny 250g mouse lemur to the indri. Many of these species are endangered and none can be found anywhere else in the world.

Anna needs YOUR help. She is aiming to raise $10,000 by early July when she’s leave to support the project and the ongoing community aid and conservation work of the organisations involved. RM Galleries has stepped in to help with a venue for the auction of an original painting of a cheetah cub (by me) on June 21st.

Other artworks up for auction includes works by Arone Meeks, Annabel Tully, Pete Martin, Desley Rolph, Lyne Marshall, Madeleine Ekeblad and Trisha Lambi.

Visit www.rmgalleries.com.au. Phone 0732561430 or email

info@rmgalleries.com.au to RSVP and attend the event.

RM Galleries is at 9 Queens Road Hamilton in the historic building known as Palma Rosa. Anna’s work will be available for viewing from Thursday 14th June.

Buy an artwork, sponsor Anna or just make a donation. Contact her on 0416 828 547 or email mettaanna@care2.com

Discover the organisation behind Anna’s project at www.azafady.org

To simply make an online donation go to

https://secure.efundraising.org.uk/tailored/donation.asp?appeal=3793

Framing of cheetah drawing kindly sponsored by Kenmore Gallery & Picture Framing