Community Outreach, Botswana
2019 - Community outreach in Botswana - Donation of US$ 20,000
Long-term conservation is only possible with the support and partnership of local communities. Great Plains Foundation recognizes this critical element and is working with local communities to engage them in positive and constructive conservation strategies related to the relocated rhino.
The Great Plains Foundation uses the $20,000 donation to support the Rhinos Without Borders Community Outreach operations. Specific examples include
- Offer seed-funding for the development of a conservation information public relations campaign directed at local communities and individuals living in proximity to the relocated rhino.
- Provide support for education outreach programs in local schools inspiring young people to respect and take pride in their natural heritage by protecting the rhino.
- Provide support for Conservation Goals, a program utilizing athletics to engage young men in the conservation dialogue.
As a result of a conservation event hosted by the Swiss African Foundation in November 2018, $40,000 was raised to support the Great Plains Foundation. A remarkable achievement by the Swiss African Foundation, demonstrating their leadership within the conservation tourism industry.
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Dereck & Beverly Joubert - Great Plains Foundation
Dereck and Beverly Joubert are globally recognized, award-winning filmmakers, conservationists, and National Geographic explorers-in-large based in Botswana. Their mission for more than 30 years has been the conservation of key wildlife species, with a focus on large predators. They are the owners of Great Plains Conservation, which operates some of the most beautiful camps in Botswana and Kenya. Through the Great Plains Foundation, various nature conservation projects are driven forward.
The Jouberts have published 12 books, produced 30 films for National Geographic, and written half a dozen scientific papers as well as many articles for National Geographic magazine. They have received 8 Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a Grand Teton Award, multiple Golden Panda Awards, a World Ecology Award (along with Britain’s Prince Charles, Sylvia Earle, and paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey), and a Presidential Order of Merit awarded by Botswana’s ex-president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, for their conservation work.
The Jouberts’ films have received widespread attention and have been viewed by millions of people. Films like «Eternal Enemies», «The Last Lions», «Soul of the Elephant» and their masterpiece «Eye of the Leopard» are known world-wide. For more information, please visit their website
www.wildlifefilms.co
All of Dereck & Beverly's work has one goal: to save the wild areas of Africa and protect the wildlife that depends on them. The President of Botswana described them aptly when he said, "Theirs is a life long passion; for each other, for big cats, for Africa...they are true "children of Africa."
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