ACT is dedicated to preserving Africa's wildlife and environmental heritage and acts as a resource to Project Rhino members who are actively engaged in rhino conservation and anti-poaching. A key goal for 2012 is to raise R10million to fund tangible and urgently needed interventions, which will collectively strengthen efforts to counteract rhino poaching.
Contact: Sheelagh Antrobus
Tel: 033-342 2844
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.projectafrica.com
The Wildlands Conservation Trust's Rhino Conservation Project aims to preserve rhino populations in KwaZulu-Natal by employing advanced surveillance technologies to improve monitoring and security.
Contact: Kevin McCann, Strategic Manager - Stewardship,
Tel: 033 343 6380 or 083 447 0657
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.wildlands.co.za
The Wildlife ACT Fund supports rhino monitoring projects in KZN and on WWF - Black Rhino Range Expansion sites. We also currently manage the rhino monitoring work on Somkhanda Game Reserve, and assist with monitoring efforts on Thanda, Tembe, Mkhuze and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserves.
Contact: Simon Morgan
Tel: 082-0938345
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.wildlifeactfund.org
The Thanda Foundation is dedicated to educating and informing communities bordering the Thanda Private Game Reserve of the need to protect the wildlife legacy and biodiversity of northern KwaZulu-Natal. In recognition of the dire situation of the rhino, Thanda is one of the founding members of Project Rhino KZN and is actively involved in its conservation efforts.
Contact: Dulcie Oliver
Tel: 035 5731899
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.thanda.com
We see the survival of our rhino and all wildlife in Africa like the African 3 legged pot that provides food: if one leg collapses, we will go hungry. Space for Elephants Foundation rhino work includes: Protecting Rhinos in the field;Working with communities, educating them on the value of rhino to South Africa and intelligence and information gathering.
Contact: Digs Pascoe
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Tel: 082 9262571 or 035 4745181
Website: www.space4elephants.org
The Black Rhino Range Expansion Project creates new black rhino breeding populations on large areas of land, and supports rhino security on source populations such as Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Mkhuze and Ithala. Seven new populations have been created since 2004.
Contact: Pam Sherriffs
Cell: 083-943 1754
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.wwf.org.za
WESSA is involved in fundraising to fund its direct anti-poaching interventions aimed at reducing and preventing rhino poaching. These include poaching information-gathering, the national rhino DNA database development and implementing critically-needed training for field rangers and conservation managers.
Contact: Chris Galliers
Tel: 033-330 3931
Cell: 079-504 4296
Email: funding@projectafrica.com
Website: www.wessa.org.za