Help Save our Rhinos (and get fit!)

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My friend Jon Morgan, an ex &Beyond Ranger and Travel Planner, is now working to help save our Rhinos from a terrible spate of poaching that has taken hold of our country.  This is what he is offering:

Feel up to a real Challenge and help raise funds for African Conservation? Get involved with Challenge4aCause and support rhino anti poaching?

We’d like to invite you to participate in a once in a lifetime challenge that will change your life and the lives of many threatened and endangered African animals.

Challenge4aCause is a fund raising initiative that supports the conservation of Africa’s endangered animal species and also finances projects that seek to uplift poor communities through education. We do this by running Annual Challenges with all donations going to the Wildlife ACT Fund, Save the Rhino Trust and the Good Work Foundation.

We are currently looking for participants for the two Namibian mountain bike challenges that take place in July this year and are aiming to raise R1.2 million for the three organisations that we support. Places are filling up quickly, so be sure to get in touch as soon as possible should you wish to participate.

Check out the video
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150371964155391

Damaraland Challenge4aCause

A 9 day mountain biking event in the vast Damaraland region in Namibia, a once in a life time opportunity to experience the space of this awesome wilderness.
1 – 9 July 2011
20 Participants
Cost: R40k (R20 000 Participation + R20 000 Fundraising)

Skeleton Coast Challenge4aCause
A 9 day mountain biking event in the remote northern section of the Skeleton Coast National Park in Namibia, which is restricted to the public and possibly the least visited park in the world. A truly once in a lifetime opportunity.
9 – 17 July 2011
10 Participants
Cost: R 70K (35 000 Participation + R35 000 Fundraising)

The participation cost covers the cost of running the event and includes the following:

•    Scheduled flight to Windhoek from Johannesburg or Cape Town return
•    The road transfers to and from Windhoek
•    All meals
•    Cold refreshment drinks – fruit juice, cool drink, alcohol and water
•    Fruits, nuts and other snacks
•    Participation Camping
•    Bedrolls & bedding

The only excludes are bike hire (R1500 for a single suspension and R2200 for a dual suspension)

Details of the events can be found on the Challenge4aCause Facebook page.

The fundraising amount which is equal to the participation cost is split between 3 organisations:

Save The Rhino Trust
Save the Rhino Trust has provided consistent patrolling and monitoring of Black Rhino in the Kunene region of Namibia over the last 25 years. They require funds for their anti poaching units that protect the largest free ranging Black Rhino population in the wild.

Wildlife ACT Fund
The Wildlife ACT Fund is a non profit company and requires funds for the development of new anti-poaching technologies, the implementation of long-term monitoring programs for threatened and endangered species, as well as community outreach initiatives.

The Good Work Foundation
The Good Work Foundation uses its funds to promote the education of disadvantaged individuals in rural areas and to pioneer wildlife corridors between existing conservation areas.

If you are not able to participate but would nevertheless like to donate to these incredible causes, then please visit the GivenGain donations page that we have set up in collaboration with the Wildlife ACT Fund:
https://www.givengain.com/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=donate&cause_id=2682&project_id=9693

Lets save them!