2025 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

The rangers in Botswana took part in a comprehensive training program in Conservation Storytelling improving their ability to document and share their work with clarity and impact.

2025 - Anti Poaching, Lower Zambezi, Zambia - donation of USD 23,569

In early 2025, CLZ was significantly affected by the freeze on USAID funding, requiring a rapid shift in priorities to maintain field operations. While CLZ was able to continue covering ranger salaries, the critical funding of SwissAfrican Foundation was partially redirected.

2025 - Big Life, Kenya - donation of USD 30,000

SwissAfrican Foundation continued its support of the Rombo Mobilie Unit. The tasks of this mobile unit includes combating poaching and supporting local communities in human-wildlife conflicts. Rombo is located on the south-eastern border of the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, with the Tanzanian border to the west and Tsavo West National Park to the east.

2025 - Rewild Zambezi - donation of USD 10,000

Project Rewild Zambezi is a conservation initiative that aims to save and translocate animals that are facing population pressure — including elephants, wild dogs, lions, eland, impala, zebra, wildebeest and other species. The resettlement goes hand in hand with the development of the Sapi Reserve in the Zambezi Valley to ensure that the animals can live in a safe environment.

2025 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - donation of USD 15,000

The efforts of Rhino Rangers Namibia to monitor and protect the world’s last truly free-ranging black rhino population are very successful. Despite a challenging start to the year with the unexpected US government cut of just over 10% of planned income, 2025 incorporated several significant achievements to Save the Rhino Trust.

2024 - Big Life, Kenya - donation of USD 30,000

SwissAfrican Foundation has decided to continuously support the Big Life Initiative. In 2024, we funded one of the Big Life Mobile Units, the Rombo Unit (or Mobile 4 Unit). These are rapid response units consisting of 10 rangers and cover areas where there are no permanent ranger outposts.

2024 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - donation of USD 15,000

The efforts of Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) to protect the world's last truly free-ranging population of black rhino in West Kunene experienced both some highs and some lows in 2024.

2024 - Anti Poaching, Lower Zambezi, Zambia - donation of USD 21,500

The SwissAfrican Foundation has closed funding gaps in the 2024 Law Enforcement Budget and helped to cover the costs of the communication center at the CLZ base camp and the salaries of the Wildlife Police Officers stationed in Kulefu.

2024 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

The patrolling and monitoring continue as the priority for the rhino monitoring teams. The teams continue to develop and grow to ensure the long-term protection of this critical species. Several new calves, both males and females, were welcomed. Every calf born wild is hope for this species and confirmation of the strategies in place to protect them.

2023 - Anti Poaching, Kafue, Zambia - donation of USD 20,000

2022 heralded the start of a new era for Kafue National Park, as on the back of the 18-month Priority Support Plan, African Parks signed the long-awaited 20-year collaborative management agreement with the Government of the Republic of Zambia and DNPW.

2023 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - donation of USD 15,000

2023 was another exceptional year for Save the Rhino Trust Namibia. Overall, all four annual rhino monitoring targets were met, most notably a dramatic jump with over 4’000 confirmed rhino sightings (second year in history).

2023 - Anti Poaching, Lower Zambezi, Zambia - donation of USD 15,000

As in previous years, the SwissAfrican Foundation has helped the CLZ to carry out air patrols and to guarantee the salaries of the DNPW and CLZ Operations Center and Basecamp staff.

2023 - Support the Rhino Monitoring in Botswana - Donation of USD 10'000

We are proud to announce that in the area where our monitoring takes place, no rhino has been poached in recent years whereas we saw a drastic decline in rhino numbers in other areas in Botswana over the same period.

2023 - Rewild Zambezi - donation of USD 50,000

We were able to transfer the promised USD 50,000 to the Great Plains Foundation for Rewild Zambezi at the end of February 2023. Our site visit in June 2023 shows construction work on the new Research Center.

2022 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - donation of USD 15,000

Tourism definitely returned to Namibia in 2022, and although numbers are still below pre-COVID levels, tourism-related field days and rhino sightings more than doubled compared to 2021.

2022 - Anti Poaching, Lower Zambezi, Zambia - donation of USD 15,000

In 2022, this support helped CLZ to conduct aerial patrols, develop key infrastructure, and support staff salaries for DNPW and CLZ’s Operations Centre staff.

2022 - Anti Poaching, Kafue, Zambia - donation of USD 20,000

Zambia's economy began to show signs of recovery in 2021 despite the global health and economic traumas of 2020. International travel and trade networks and associated tourism activities recovered gradually, a welcome relief to Musekese Conservation.