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Muir meets with Powerful Policy Makers
Director of the Wilderness Foundation, Andrew Muir, had the opportunity to address delegates from the Conservation Council of Nations (CCN) at Shamwari Game Reserve last week.
“This was an incredible opportunity to be able to present our organisation to some of the most powerful policy makers in the world,” says Muir. “The CCN helps promote good natural resource wealth management and international conservation solutions, which is exactly in line with the goals of the Wilderness Foundation.”
International Delegation from the Methodist Church visit Umzi
Coinciding with Women’s Day on August 09, the Umzi Wethu hospitality academy welcomed a delegation of 22 women from the Methodist Church in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, August 08.
The women were journeying around South Africa and Africa to view effective community outreach programmes in the country as part of the 12th World Assembly of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women.
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Wild Experiences
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KALAHARI HEALING (Dancing Dune)
by Lee Dormer
To journey into the wild affords not only the opportunity to converse with the earth but to cast light on the inner self. With this anticipation, I travelled into the Kalahari, a place of intense silence and magnitude in which you sense no boundaries.
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Dear supportive partners,
This is the first of a bi-monthly newsletter issued by the Wilderness Foundation. The newsletter will inform you about the latest Wilderness Foundation news, and highlight the various projects and programmes currently underway. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please click the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the newsletter. This month, we take a look at the emotive Forever Wild – Save the Rhinos campaign which is supported by Ogilvy Cape Town. We also celebrate another successful graduation from the Umzi Wethu academy. The Wilderness Foundation has recently upgraded its website, so take a browse around to find out more about the various projects that the Foundation supports: www.wildernessfoundation.co.za For more information, please contact us at:
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. Kind Regards
Claire
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Forever Wild - Save the Rhinos
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 The Wilderness Foundation launched the Forever Wild – Save the Rhinos campaign in May, 2011. The campaign aims to gather support from the public and various stakeholders to help fight against rhino poaching in South Africa.
“It is only through a GLOBAL campaign and POLITICAL will that we can save this remnant of the dinosaur age – the rhino,” environmentalist and conservationist, Dr Ian Player.
Through the help of Ogilvy Cape Town, the Wilderness Foundation set up an innovative petition to voice the public’s outcry over the cruelty of rhino poaching. The petition includes a ‘count-down to extinction’ timer, and for every signature on the petition, a minute is added to the timer.
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New outfits for Pride of Groendaal Guides
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Six dedicated volunteer guides each received branded T-shirts, beanies and caps last week.
The Pride of Groendaal guides have been volunteering for the project for between five and seven years. They regularly take groups of scholars on trails in the Groendaal nature reserve.
The t-shirts were sponsored by the Wilderness Foundation’s Conservation department, and the caps and beanies are courtesy of the Pride of Table Mountain project in Cape Town.
“These guides are very dedicated,” says Wilderness Foundation experiential education manager, Lihle Mbokazi. “They are volunteers for this project, and they pass on their passion for the environment to hundreds of learners every year.”
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Another successful graduation for Umzi Wethu Academy
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On Friday July 29, 2011 the Umzi Wethu training academy for vulnerable youth celebrated the graduation of another 35 students from both the hospitality and conservation academy.
Five years ago, the benchmark Umzi Wethu hospitality academy was established based on a feasibility study that assessed the job qualification needs of Eastern Cape parks and game reserves. Following its success, the Umzi Wethu conservation academy was launched in March 2008 in the rural town of Somerset East. The ceremony marked the graduation of a total of 142 students since the project’s inception.
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