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Fundraising as part of a team:Murchison Falls National Park – Uganda

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Target: $5,000

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We are extremely proud to be sponsoring a Murchison Falls Community Scout team in the 2023 Wildlife Ranger Challenge.

Working with the Uganda Conservation Foundation and Uganda Wildlife Authority for very many years, we have seen how much effort has gone into frontline conservation and wildlife protection. Around Africa Safaris drivers and owners nearly all were brought up in protected areas in one way or another, and are part of a dedicated network of friends and professionals doing everything we can to help preserve Uganda's wonderful heritage, landscapes and wildlife, with the communities at the core of every solution.

The Murchison Falls scouts all come from the local communities and over five years have developed from unskilled and relatively uneducated young men and ladies, to skilled and hard-working professionals. Not only has the team carried out daily snare removal across the park, but they have made every brick and every building that UCF has provided UWA across Murchison Falls, not to mention planting nearly 1 million indigenous trees around the communities! These scouts represent the wonderful youth of Uganda, our future generation.

Please give generously to help youth development programmes continue. If youth have nothing to do, and no money, inevitably they can drift into poaching. This programme has already helped hundreds of youth into full-time employment.

The Wildlife Ranger Challenge is a 21km run carrying 22kg, just as rangers across Africa do on patrols.

Our scouts are in the race to win the race. Please donate generously to help this incredible event and cause, people just like us, given a chance.