Kindness is Everything Anitha Rao-Robinson

Episode 73: Kindness Is Being a Koala Crusader

Nine-year old Malani Harris loves everything about Koala’s, including their scat!

Malani does A LOT to help koala’s such as planting trees, donating birthday money, creating an Instagram account dedicated to koalas, and much more!

She and her family travel around Australia looking for koalas, always maintaining a respectable distance.

Such a fun episode about a young girl and her love for Koalas!

To learn more about Malani and her crusade to help Koalas, check out these links:

Koala Family Adventures:I

nstagram- https://www.instagram.com/koala_family_adventures?igsh=MmNsMDFocGJ2Njc3&utm_source=qr

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/share/XeyHVmbYx35Lm6rh/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Queensland Koala Crusaders:
Newsletters with Malani‘s Koala adventures-

Sept 2023  https://www.koalacrusaders.org.au/koala_family_adventures1

March 2024https://www.koalacrusaders.org.au/koala_family_adventures2

April 2024https://www.koalacrusaders.org.au/koala_family_adventures3

May 2024https://www.koalacrusaders.org.au/koala_family_adventures4

As a thank you to Malani for sharing her story, Anitha donated to Dutch Thunder Wildlife Shelter, a licensed wildlife shelter providing 24 hour emergency wildlife rescue.

Malani and her family spent time at the shelter helping out. It’s always nice supporting an organization personally known to the guest.

To learn more about Dutch Thunder Wildlife Shelter, check out their social media pages:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/DutchThunderWildlifeShelter?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dutch_thunder_wildlife_shelter/

Valentin Gruener achieved his childhood goal to live in Africa and work with wildlife, and not just any wildlife. Val has spent the past twelve years raising, caring and loving Sirga, a lioness who came into his life when she was around ten days old.

Val talks about what it’s like sharing his life with a wild lion, including some heart-warming stories. He also talks about the reasons for the devastating decline in the wild lion population, his conservation initiative—the Modisa Wildlife Project, and so much more.

A very special and important conversation about a man, a lioness, and how together they are raising awareness to protect wildlife.To learn more about Val, Sirga and the Modisa Wildlife Project, check out the following links:

https://www.instagram.com/valgruener/
https://www.instagram.com/sirgathelioness/
https://www.instagram.com/modisawildlifeproject/

You can support Val and Sirga and all they are doing here:www.patreon.com/sirga

As a thank you to Val for sharing his story, Anitha donated to the Kalahari Research and Conservation (KRC). Kalahari is a unique and fragile ecosystem with a rich diversity of plants and animals. This organization works to understand and conserve Kalahari’s distinctive landscape in the face of increasing challenges.To learn about KRC please click on the following link: https://www.krcbots.org/

Derek Walter’s life took a dramatic turn when his then partner, Steve Jenkins brought home a tiny little pig named Esther. Derek talks to Anitha about how this small being created huge and wonderful changes in his life.

Derek quickly fell in love with Esther, became one of her two dads, moved from a suburb to the country so Esther could have all the space a pig needed, welcomed even more farm animals, and eventually co-founded Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary (HEEFS)

This is an incredible conversation about love, family, community, grief, and an unbelievable legacy.

 To learn more about Derek and HEEFS, please check out these links:
 Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary 
http://www.happilyeveresther.ca 

 Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/happilyeveresther?mibextid=LQQJ4d

 Derek’s personal website
www.derekwalter.ca

 Derek’s personal Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/EsthersDadDerek?mibextid=LQQJ4d

 Esther the Wonder Pig Website
www.estherthewonderpig.com

As a thank you to Derek for sharing his story, Anitha donated to HEEFS. Having volunteered at HEEFS and seeing firsthand the beautiful and healing place it is for both the residents and the folks who spend time there, Anitha was thrilled to support this organization.

Kaila and Waian, the incredible sisters who created The Original Surfers, join Anitha to talk about their initiative to reach out to teens and raise awareness to protect oceans and the marine animals who live there. These amazing young women also share what it’s like working with a sibling and much more! 

To learn more about The Original Surfers, please click on the following links: https://www.theoriginalsurfers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theoriginalsurfers/ 

As a thank you to Kaila and Waian for sharing their story, Anitha donated to the Dolphin Project, a non-profit charitable organization, dedicated to the welfare and protection of dolphins worldwide. It was founded by Richard (Ric) O’Barry on Earth Day, April 22, 1970. The goal of this organization is to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, retire and/or release captive dolphins.

To learn more about Dolphin Project, please check out their website: https://www.dolphinproject.com/ 

Thirteen-year-old Justin Sather joins Anitha to talk about his love for one of Earth’s smallest beings—frogs. Justin shares how a children’s book and a childhood blanket inspired Justin to clean up his community's wetland, and how that project has grown to cleaning up rivers and oceans, protecting acres of rainforest and collaborating with other young people from all over the world. 

A truly incredible episode about how one person can create a movement to bring about great change. 

To learn more about Justin, check out these links: WEBSITES: www.JustinsFrogProject.comParallel Projects www.TheParallelProjects.com

And his newest website going live on Earth day: www.recreate.world 

SOCIAL MEDIA:@justinsfrogproject - instagramJ ustin Sather – facebook 

To support Justin’s projects, please click on the following links: MILLION LETTERS CAMPAIGN:Join the Million Letters Campaign 

DONATIONS: Justin's main Go Fund Me Campaign: Go Fund Me Kid Hero Campaign(Funds collected through this campaign are sent directly to projects Justin is working on to protect the rainforest and waterways.

Projects such as, Parallel Projects and Team Trees)   

Or you can donate  Directly to Reserva Rainforest in Colombia- Justin 

As a thank you to Justin for sharing his story, Anitha donated to the Reserva Rainforest Project.

Anitha is joined by M.O. Yuksel and Omar Abed, two creators who write books for children. In addition to talking about their amazing books, M.O. and Omar share their thoughts about the role of a children’s author when actual children in the world are being harmed.  It’s an honest conversation about an important issue.

To connect and learn more about these incredible authors, please click on the links below.

 For M.O. ·     
Instagram: @moyuksel.author X: @mo_yuksel 

For Omar· OmarAbed.com· Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omarabedwrites· Twitter: http://twitter.com/omarabedwrites 

There are many groups posting about what's happening in Palestine, but one both M.O. and Omar are a part of is KidLitSoul. To find out what this group is sharing, check out their Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/kidlitsoul/


As a thank you to M.O. and Omar, for sharing their stories, Anitha donated to MECA For Peace. MECA, which stands for The Middle East Children’s Alliance is a non-profit organization working for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East. To learn more about this group and the work they are doing, please check out their website:https://www.mecaforpeace.org/