Educating youth on the importance of African conservation, today.
Why are we doing this?
To promote the future sustainable use of Africa’s wildlife, through educating the youth of today.
How are we going to do this?
By offering an experience in Africa for youths (14 -17 years) from developed western societies.
Each visiting person will fund a young South Africa living in, or are from, critically underserved “fence line communities” adjacent to African wildlife parks so that they can better understand the value of and need to protect their natural heritage.
Your Visit, Their Future: Empowering Youth to Protect Africa’s Wildlife.
What will the Child learn
blessed
How Africa is blessed with the greatest wildlife, land, and people.
How Africa’s biodiversity is at stake (maybe “stake” in bold I’m undecided) and what is causing this.
How Africa’s land use has several options that must be considered, and what they all mean.
balance
The delicate balance of flora and fauna’s impact on each other in an African context.
What the human / wildlife conflict, particularly on a continent faced with immense poverty, means for a government when deciding how to best protect both their people and wildlife.
decisions
How wildlife, the wilderness, and its management needs management!
This includes vast wilderness areas where rural communities live and National and Provincial WIldlife Parks that are fenced off for tourism. This means that big and difficult decisions must be made.
wellbeing
That in Africa, the rights of her people, the diversity of her wildlife and its future wellbeing are underpinned by the irrefutable role of sustainable utilisation. Then how these rights are eclipsed by the ignorant and unfortunate influence that global organisations have in Africa.
importace
They will learn the importance of all this, with their 10 days in Africa: In the bush, seeing and experiencing the wildlife – smelling, touching, hearing, learning – just what it means to be in the cradle of mankind, on a program we call the Cradle of Conservation.
awareness
Leadership: Foster critical thinking
Complex Issues: Human-wildlife conflict, sustainability
Connection: Inspire stewardship
Awareness: Understand conservation efforts
Empowerment: Make a difference
Personal Growth: Immerse, grow, connect.
Fund the youth travelling to Africa?
Who is going to be asked to fund the youth travelling to Africa?
fund directly
People can fund directly, sending members of their family or friends.
Donations
Donations can be made to an established, tax exempt, Not for Profit 501(c)3.
Corporations
Corporations in the safari sector, through their Corporate Social Initiatives, particularly if linked to the hunting industry.
Safari Operators
Safari Operators being asked to support through their network of influence.
