Themba Mthembu is fundraising for Community Conservation-Vukukhanye Development Project
by Wildlife ACT
I believe Community Conservation through Immersive Experience is a great cause. I am doing this because.. I want people to be aware, appreciate and the understand the value of, and threats to birdlife biodiversity by training unemployed youth as birding guides and custodians of the environment and giving them accredited qualifications for future employment in the birding tourism sector. we are fundraising on Facebook and other social media for people to see what we doing. Motivate community leaders and educators through active and participatory learning to take an active role in protecting birdlife & biodiversity. Will physically eradicate alien plants or any condition that seem to pose negative threat to our environment.
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This project is raising funds to support the Wildlife ACTive Kids Bushcamps within a Zululand protected area, coordinating 5 community-based Wildlife ACT Ambassadors Clubs, and facilitating a 9-month long Immersive Conservation and Business Leadership programme.
Across Zululand in KZN, South Africa, there exists a patchwork of protected areas that run alongside mixed land uses and large communal landscapes. It is both within these protected areas, and outside in communal lands that conservation can either be won or lost. When communities and conservation are at odds with one other, it is often both that loss. To combat this social and conservation challenge, Wildlife ACT works on “both sides of the fence” and works towards re-connecting people with nature for the betterment of these communities and wildlife. More specifically, Wildlife ACT’s Community Conservation Programme (CCP) was established with the aim to support the development and strengthening of community conservation and stewardship in communities adjacent to protected areas, thus contributing towards priority species conservation, such as Rhino, Wild Dog, and Vultures, over the long term.
To achieve its goals, Wildlife ACT have taken a tiered approach to community conservation. This is done through setting a foundation of 1) building a cohort of youth that are connected to, knowledgeable on, and resonate with their natural environment. The programme then 2) nurtures the passion of those teenagers and young adults who continue to show interest in being further ambassadors for conservation. Finally, 3) they facilitate opportunities for those who are interested in pursuing nature-based livelihoods in and around protected areas.
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13Jan
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Themba Mthembu is fundraising for Community Conservation-Vukukhanye Development Project 4 months agoThemba Mthembu has updated their profile picture on their #doDifferent Activist page and completed step 2 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R200 to make a difference in South Africa
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Themba Mthembu is fundraising for Community Conservation-Vukukhanye Development Project 4 months agoNation without knowledge is a dead Nation. By capacitating Youth on the importance of Nature we are already able to build and achieve a stable healthy Conservation Society that live in harmony with nature, while being able to sustainably reap tangible benefits thereof. That may mean physically removing any alien plants, litter and waste products…[Read more]
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Themba Mthembu is fundraising for Community Conservation-Vukukhanye Development Project 4 months ago
Help Us continue to make meaningful contributions towards Conservation in South Africa. -
Allocated R600 to
Themba Mthembu is fundraising for Community Conservation-Vukukhanye Development Project 4 months agoThemba Mthembu signed up as a #doDifferent activist completed step 1 of Becoming an Activist. Their NGO received R600 to make a difference in South Africa
Funded to date:
R 805
Funding goal: R 50
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