The support from WorldWomenWork in 2021 had an immediate and direct impact at Save The Elephants in protecting earth’s majestic giants.
© Jane Wynyard / Save The Elephants
Elephants like Sarara made a full recovery after being found with a spear in his stomach last October. Thankfully the veterinary team could respond quickly to save his life, as well as other elephants who experienced injuries after clashes with people.
I’ve just spent the past weekend in Samburu with the Save The Elephants team and our board of trustees (and special guest Sarara), planning for the year ahead.
At the forefront of our discussions has been an overwhelming sense of gratitude for WorldWomenWork.
Our work is 100% funded by you. Each gift you send helps study and protect elephants so they have a better chance to live their large and wild lives.
Elephants like Bora from the Winds family gave birth to twin calves last month, one male and one female. This was a very rare event indeed, as the birth of twins hasn't been recorded in Samburu for decades!
© Jane Wynyard / Save The Elephants
Save The Elephants is charging into 2022 with an ambitious new three-year strategy.
The challenges elephants face today are different to the ones they faced ten years ago. With you in our herd, we were able to stem the poaching crisis and campaign for ivory bans which has seen the price of ivory plummet. We can now say that poaching is no longer the single greatest threat to elephants. You made this possible.
Thank you for caring about wild elephants.
2022 is a really important year for elephant conservation.
An increasingly unpredictable climate and a growing human population are rapidly becoming a dominating threat to the future of elephants.
© Robbie Labanowski / Save The Elephants
Being squeezed into pockets of shrinking wild spaces has resulted in a rise of elephants and humans clashing as they compete for space, water and food.
Your support allows us to continue our pioneering scientific research which informs important conservation decisions and actions at a local and global level.
This year, we are working on securing important wildlife corridors into law to prevent development from blocking elephants as they follow rain and pasture.
We are also training two new female scouts who will be stationed at a remote research outpost in the far north of Kenya where elephants are spending more time, far from human settlement.
The support from WorldWomenWork allows us to react to situations quickly, whilst planning for the future ahead. For a world where elephants and humans can peacefully coexist.
We can continue to do what we do because you are with us, every step of the way.
I wanted to take the time to write and personally thank you for caring about wild elephants.
Singleton, your generosity at WorldWomenWork is saving elephants. Asante sana!
With warmest wishes from Kenya,
Frank Pope
Chief Executive Officer
Save The Elephants