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How to Help

  • If you are travelling to Africa on safari, please book as many of these properties as possible and support them in every way you can. They have made the effort and they deserve a return
  • If you are a travel agent or safari outfitter, by booking these lodges and camps you are certain your clients will be in good hands and helping local communities and /or conservation
  • Try to ensure you make payments locally so your money flows to that region, or ensure your travel agent or tour operator does the same
  • The most effective means of long-term conservation is creating buffer conservancies around formally protected parks and reserves. If your lodge is not active in such a venture, engage with senior management or the owners to explore options for creating local conservancies and expand the amount of land under conservation protection
  • If you come across a lodge that is fence-sitting on green issues, sometimes all they require is a gentle prod. You could provide it
  • Find out what NGOs are most effective in the area, and see if you can help them in any way
  • If possible, donate to local school feeding schemes; try to ascertain that they provide balanced nutrition and not just conscience hand-outs
  • But most of all, travel to Africa’s safari areas and spread the love along with your much-needed foreign currency

 

 

A few of the many effective NGOs working in Africa you could consider supporting

 

  • African Parks Network – www.african-parks.org
  • Big Life – www.biglife.org
  • Birdlife – various including www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw
  • Conservation Lower Zambezi – www.slcszambia.org
  • Elephant Voices – www.elephantvoices.org
  • Elephants without Borders – www.elephantswithoutborders.org
  • Endangered Wildlife Trust – www.ewt.org.za
  • Laikipia Wildlife Forum – www.laikipia.org
  • NASCO in Namibia – www.nasco.org.na
  • Painted Dog Conservation – www.painteddog.org
  • Save the Elephants – www.savetheelephants.org
  • Save The Rhino Trust – www.savetherhino.org
  • The Zambezi Society – www.zamsoc.org
  • Tusk – www.tusk.org
  • WWF – various including www.wwf.org.za
  • 12 Hours – www.12hours.co.za