ABCF Conservation projects

Mitigating human-wildlife conflict remains a core focus for our foundation as we constantly strive to find ways to support the communities living near our national parks, protecting their livestock from wildlife and reducing revenge killings and animal poaching in the national park.

We have recently completed erecting an elephant-safe barrier around the school garden at Maunga primary.

A herd of elephants passed through the village and ate all the produce grown in the garden, which was the much-needed supplementary meals for the feeding scheme running at the school. The fencing of the school with elephant spikes made from stones will prevent the elephants from entering the garden as the edge of the stones creates a pricking sensation on the soles of the feet of elephants.

This method is safer for the elephants and the children at the school as opposed to the electric fencing of the garden as it causes no harm to the animals. 

Thank you for your ongoing support of our conservation efforts. 

Human Wildlife conflict and co-existing with wildlife remains a critical part of our conservation efforts because the balance between protecting livestock and the livelihoods of the community while protecting wildlife from poaching, remains the key to advancing our conservation efforts in the national park.

We have completed the freezer storage project in Mana pools which will allow us to continue to provide meat rations to 80 rangers and their families in the area. Our ranger ration programs is currently supply 1080KG of beef meat to the community on a month basis. The aim of this project is to reduce wildlife poaching in the nation park which is on the increase as many of the community will turn to poaching wildlife to feed their families. The freezer storage which is powered by solar power will store the meat supply that is distributed to rangers monthly. 

This project will go a long way towards increasing the wildlife population in the area.