2024 - 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. In this regard, SwissAfrican Foundation has proudly been supporting Save The Rhino Trust with enthusiasm and confidence for many years by now.

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).

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.

2021 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - donation of USD 15,000

2020 was a thoroughly challenging year due to persistent drought, the COVID-induced tourism collapse and the loss of 4 rhinos to poaching. 2021, on the other hand, presents a different picture.

2020 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - Donation of US$ 20,000

2020 was like no other. While the drought in Namibia continued unabated, COVID-19 also struck, as we all know, causing a global collapse in tourism and at the same time a significant loss of funding for conservation. Nevertheless, 2020 was also the year when Namibia’s Rhino Rangers really rose to the challenge, excelled and set another record patrol year.

2019 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - Donation of US$ 15,000

The collective efforts to protect Africa’s last truly wild population of black rhino in Namibia paid off. There was no rhino lost to poaching in 2019.

2018 - Rhino Rangers Namibia - Donation US$ 15,000

This amount is equivalent to the annual salary of Boas Hambo, the Ranger Field Coordinator of the Save the Rhino Trust.

The collective efforts to protect Africa’s last truly wild population of black rhino in Namibia paid off. Overall, 2018 can be seen as yet another milestone year with the most important achievement - for the first time since the poaching began in 2012 – a full 12 months with ZERO poaching!

2017 - Save the Rhino Trust with new vehicle - Donation of US$ 10,000

The SwissAfrican Foundation joined forces with the Wilderness Trust to cover the cost of a new vehicle for the Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia.