Sophie Neville has had a news article published in the Lymington Times
This coverage is wonderful as we want to raise funds to send 100 children on a eco-course at the Lapalala Wilderness School and support Save The Waterberg Rhino, raising awareness for conservation as we do so.
How you can support The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride:
Tessa Baber, who appears in this short film, started ‘Save The Waterberg Rhino’ in 2013.
Those taking part in The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride in March 2016 will be able to observe a number of white rhino living on Ant’s Nest game reserve, while being updated on anti-poaching initiatives by Tess and her husband Ant Baber who is leading the six-day ride.
The plan is to cross the Waterberg on horseback, traversing Kwalata private game reserve to Lapalala Wilderness where riders will meet the warden Anton Walker, who also appears on this film. He cares for both black and white rhino re-introduced to the area by his father, the author and wildlife artist Clive Walker when he was warden about thirty years ago.
While on this reserve riders from the UK will visit the Lapalala Wilderness School where children, often from deprived communities, come for a week’s residential course on wildlife conservation. Many of them testify how this experience changes their outlook on life, giving them an appreciation for their environment and the future of South Africa’s wild animals. The children take their enthusiasm into the community whose support is essential if poaching is to be combated.
The ride will end at the Palala River on Jembisa private game reserve who have been supporting Save The Waterberg Rhino and the Lapalala Wilderness School for some time.
The Waterberg Challenge Ride 2016 promises to be quite an intrepid adventure. The route has not attempted on horseback before. The riders face early starts and long hours in the saddle but they are busy getting fit and packing carefully in preparation for the challenge.
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As a UK registered charity, The Waterberg Trust can claim Gift Aid on eligible donations, and organise transfer of funds to South Africa efficiently. Add a note to specify ‘Save the Waterberg Rhino’ or ‘Lapalala Wilderness School’ with your donation.
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TWT Trustee Barry Burles is leading a bunch of good men and true who are endeavouring to complete a sponsored 84 mile cycle ride from Milton Park in North Cambridge to Langham in North Norfolk in a day on the 12th March 2016 in aid of The Waterberg Trust.
It is a fairly flat ride, so simply an endurance test, but they will be peddling on for about 8 hours, whatever the weather. “Most of us will be using a well used touring bike where the challenge will be to keep going all the way to the finish, still smiling!”
Please let Barry Burles know by email b.burles@ukbfas.co.uk if you are interested in joining the ride. He has about 16 riders signed up so far. It is a good day out for couples with whoever is not riding driving to Langham to have a fun day enjoying walking and being by the sea before cheering their riding champion across the finish line. A truck will be in support of the riders with refreshments and bicycles to swap with any punctured or broken ones.
This long distance cycle ride is on the same day as The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride 2016 when 14 riders will be setting off across the Waterberg on horseback for six days when they expect to spend about 32 hours in the saddle and hope to cover about 200kms through the African bush. To read more click here.
On 28th February 2016, Becky Overy Owen, from Woodbridge in Suffolk, will be running 20 miles in the Tarpley 10/20 Marathon 2016 for The Waterberg Trust – 50% of funds raised will to go to Save The Waterberg Rhino and 50% to Lapalala Wilderness School to ensure the message of wildlife conservation is taken to the next generation.
Do help Becky to raise funds for the anti-poaching unit protecting these endangered animals. She is currently in training and raising sponsorship on Just giving.com
The route of the single lap course goes through rural West Suffolk at the start of the Spring marathon season.
The event starts and finishes at Thurston Community College Beyton Campus
Lapalala Wilderness School wins Eco School Award and inspires others
The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride 2016 is currently raising funds and looking for sponsorship to help this award winning eco-school on the Palala River in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
The Lapalala Wilderness School was established thirty years ago to give children from disadvantaged areas to have the opportunity to spend a week learning about nature conservation while gaining practical skills in the African bush.
If you would like to support this excellent educational project, you can make a donation on JustGiving via The Waterberg Trust and add a note with your donation specifying “Lapalala Wilderness School”
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