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Brief introduction to the kangaroos in the Sponsoroo program
I will write a brief description of each kangaroo here to give you an overview, then will elaborate in more detail, on the individual of your choice when I send you their profile with the Certificate of Sponsorship, photos and other bits (please see the Joining Sponsoroo page).
The kangaroos who have been in the program for longer, Blitty, Viva, and Mim have a longer story than the others. For the babies who come in, I can only really give their beginning story, weight and age!
I do hope that you will understand if the kangaroo of your choice rehabilitates quickly and chooses to join the mob out in the wild. Some young ones do become independent more quickly than others. It is a good sign because it means they feel confident and strong and have made friends out there. If they have been wounded it also means that they are feeling well enough to leave the treatment and cope with the wild. It is after all the best thing for them to be wild, happy and free - it is what we want for them isn't it!
We do not have any fences to hold them back, they come and go to the house area as they please.
If anything happened to the kangaroo you are sponsoring, I would let you know and ask you to choose another kangaroo to complete the year.
Unfortunately some of the
kangaroos who have been on the program have disappeared. I guess it just
heightens the fact how vulnerable kangaroos are here in Australia. If only they
would stay here on "Narimba" .... but if they wander, tragically they
often do not come back. You can read about some of them on the page "Murders
and Mysteries". (Our darling Rooby is now on the "Murders and 
Mysteries"
page - how awful is that. She was in the program for over 6 years)
I hope you will understand, that because there are only the kangaroos listed here, involved in the Sponsoroo program, there will be other people also sponsoring the kangaroo you have chosen.
These mentioned, are the most suitable for sponsoring because they frequently visit, which means they are more easy to photograph and to write about.
I'm sure you will realise that these kangaroos in the Sponsoroo program are only a handful of the kangaroos living here. There are constantly new kangaroos coming here to be raised or released. There are now families of many of the kangaroos and there are wild kangaroos who have moved from the district onto "Narimba"!
I’m afraid it is too much work to involve more of the kangas living here in the program because of the paperwork, taking suitable photos, keeping in touch with people... and unfortunately besides caring for the kangas and Sponsoroo I have a job off farm, plus farm work, plus family commitments, etc. I hope you will understand.
Please read the "Narimba" page so you get a picture of how we are creating a better sanctuary for the kangaroos and other native wildlife. Your sponsorship helps to contribute to this.
Once you have joined please feel free to email me to ask about your kangaroo and the others.
Some of the other kangaroos are mentioned in the stories, which I send in the folders.
But please remember that through your sponsorship and donations, many of the other kangaroos benefit and we all very much appreciate that. Thank you.
Red Kangaroos - Roopa, Blitty, Viva,
Eastern Grey Kangaroos - Rocky, Mim, Elsie,
Red Kangaroos:
Roopa is Roobecca's last gift
to me. She is the most darling sweet poppet. Here she is in her pouch just
after she came in to care, you can see her nose is still a bit swollen from her
injuries. She
has big ears to grow into just like her beautiful mummy did when she
was little.
Blitty
was released
with me in September 1996 when we lived on another property and she was one of 8
who moved with us to here, in January '98 (5 of the others were still being bottle
fed.) Blitty is pretty special because she was one of twin girls which is said
to be very
rare. Her sister met her death not long before they were to come to me. Blitty has had
several joeys. She is also a grandmother and a great-granny.
Viva
is Blitty’s
first born. She was named after the organisation
Viva! in appreciation for their constant campaigning to help kangaroos. 
Because she wasn’t raised by me
she is more reserved however she usually appears out of nowhere when I call her.
Viva, Jocey in pouch and Juliet
All the Red females have a soft and gentle nature. They hop so gracefully, they look so dainty, their bones are so fine and fragile looking.
Eastern Grey Kangaroos - Rocky, Mim, Elsie
Eastern Greys Kangaroos:
Rocky
is a little Grey male, shown here with his gear, all ready to come to my teaching work with me!
Mim
is a very special (and pretty) Grey who is a twin! Roowena, Mim's mother, came home to show me she had twins in her pouch. But then,
a couple of months later they were very squashed in there and it was obvious that Roowena
would not be able to carry them both, so she asked me if I could take one.
Mim came to me and Eenie stayed in her mother’s pouch.
Elsie
is named after a dear friend in Sydney who does an incredible amount of work
for animals. She is a great supporter of Sponsoroo.
I
will leave this photo here to remember our darling Doroothy,
the sweetest treasure who came to me on 8/12/00, weighing 1200gm.
She was in the program since the beginning and many people loved her. She died
on October 1st 2007.
I love and respect all the kangaroos and I look forward to others being able to share that appreciation of them. They are all special in their own way. If ever you have had dogs or cats or a few of any other species of animal, you would know how each varies from the others in differing ways. It is the same with kangaroos. They are each individuals, with their own uniqueness, their own traits. Those from the one species may all look the same (rather like humans from an unfamiliar culture appear so alike to some people) but once you start to watch them or get to know them, or especially raise and live with them, you become aware of their individuality.
Please click here for " How to join Sponsoroo and get to know a kangaroo"