We have made some significant strides and changes this year, with the end goal of being the best we can be and doing the best we can for African wild dogs and large carnivore conservation in Zimbabwe. We have recently sent out our end of year newsletter which reports on some of our more significant achievements this year. Including, some positive developments in our Education and Outreach Program, welcoming our new attachment student, strong monitoring results for wild dogs in Savé Valley Conservancy and Gonarezhou National Park, and much more.
School children proud of their Lowveld ABC cards!
Rosemary helping children on a school course design a wild dog from natural materials.
Rueben tracking wild dogs in Gonarezhou National Park
To view the full newsletter please visit our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AfricanWildlifeConservationFund). We hope you enjoy the read, and please feel free to forward as you wish. The more people who know about us and the work we do, the better!
We would also like to take this opportunity to appeal for runners and support for the 2015 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon Fundraising event. As you may/may not (?) have heard, we have been accepted as one of the few official charities of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon this year (http://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/information/run-charity)!
As such we are assembling a team of 50 dedicated athletes who will be running 21 km to raise funds and awareness for AWCF and our pivotal conservation work in the south-east Zimbabwean Lowveld. Our species of focus is the AFRICAN WILD DOG – Africa’s second most endangered carnivore, and a unique and charismatic species heavily threatened by loss of habitat, fragmentation of protected areas, human persecution and accidental wire-snare poaching.
Wild dogs in the Save Valley Conservancy
Through this event, we want to do all we can to promote AWCF as a conservation NGO, bring about awareness of a conservation cause which we are extremely passionate about, and raise some VERY much needed funds for our conservation work and projects! If you would like to run as part of the team, or would like to support the event in anyway please email jess@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org
Thank you for your support, and we hope that you will consider being a part of our conservation work in 2015. If there is any aspect of our work that you feel you would like to contribute to, or be involved in in anyway, please do not hesitate to contact us. The wild dogs will thank you too!
Thanks for your support!
We wish you all the best for the festive season and the New Year, see you in January 2015.
Rosemary, Jess and the AWCF team
