YOUR SAFARI HAS THE POWER TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BOTH PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF THIS REGION
The daily business activities of Londolozi, supported by our guests, already sets in motion a number of virtuous social, conservation and business cycles. Watch the Power of your Safari below…
MICRO FUNDING CREATES A MACRO IMPACT
As a family business, we understand the power and importance of micro-funding before large-scale businesses can thrive. For decades, we have established personal, interconnected relationships with the fabric of the people on the ground that live near Londolozi. Ours are small yet meaningful stories that acknowledge individuals doing amazing work. The Londolozi Ripple Fund provides seed capital to empower small businesses, individual entrepreneurs, NGO start-ups, and projects that might normally go unnoticed to flourish with the right level of support.
Londolozi commits a percentage of its revenue annually as seed capital funding to the Ripple Fund.
*The Ripple Fund is a private fund, administered by Londolozi, that provides seed funding without taking any fees. Your entire contribution will be provided to the cause that you choose. Should you require a tax certificate for your contribution, please select to donate to one of our two official NGO partners – The Good Work Foundation or Tracker Academy.
THE RIPPLE FUND PROJECTS ARE GROUPED INTO 6 BROAD CATEGORIES
Restoration – of landscapes and mountain river catchments
Innovation – supporting entrepreneurs to thrive and innovate in an African context
Protection – of rhino and securing safe havens for them and other endangered species by partnering with the Tracker Academy and Rhino Guardians
People – upskilling young members of the families surrounding Londolozi
Leadership – supporting supply chain enterprise development
Education – partnering with the Good Work Foundation in enabling access to higher learning
When you create a difference in someone’s life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime.No act is ever too small. One by one, this is how to make an ocean rise. We call it the Londolozi Ripple Effect
Dave Varty
RESTORATION of landscapes and mountain river catchment
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
If we could restore a mountain river and begin our journey back to reconnecting nature’s master plan. Just imagine if we could be part of a movement which removed alien invasive trees which are drying up the river.Just Imagine if we could repair the headwaters of the river and enable it to again run crystal clear from mountain to sea.
Just imagine if each rural family living on its banks were to receive a monthly rental for protecting its catchment. Just imagine if every family had access to permanent fresh water which enable farms and families to thrive.
Just imagine that we became part of a movement which gave absolute protection to the upper river catchment so vital for the river’s health.Protection of 10% of the Sand River catchment area will give life to 90% of the river’s strength and protect the ecological integrity of the catchment ecosystem, constituting 10 million acres, which is the lifeblood of the Sabi Sand and Kruger National Park and onward into the country of Mozambique.
INNOVATION we support entrepreneurs to thrive and innovate in an African context
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
On the banks of the mighty Sabi River, a shining star, leading the way in organic farming within an area fraught with challenges, a young female entrepreneur tends to a farm that sings. Her complete commitment to not only up-skilling herself but putting into practice the critical skills of permaculture and100% organic farming has begun yet another important ripple in the area.Through a monthly tutorage by a local permaculture expert, she has begun to influence farmers around her to cease using pesticide sprays on their crops, which in turn has allowed for the river that she uses to water her own vegetables to be clean and completely organic.
Just imagine, she can sell with confidence, her 100% organic produce to the neighboring communities and local businesses… Londolozi being one of them.
PROTECTION of rhino and securing safe havens for them and other endangered species
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
Imagine a team of expert trackers who marry an ancient art form with specialised counter-poaching and combat skills. Imagine if traditional tracking skills, ancient wisdom and hard-earned anti-poaching experience came together to counter the devastating effects of rhino poaching in SouthAfrica. Imagine a place and a space where rhino can, once again, roam freely. Imagine being able to allow our children, and our children’s children time on safari in a safe haven for rhino.
PEOPLE up-skilling young people from the families surrounding Londolozi with Tracker Academy
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
In the pre-dawn, somewhere on the 15 000 hectares of Londolozi GameReserve, a group of young men stand still to listen as a lion calls. They set out as the light rises to find the subtle signs of animals in the sand and grass.They listen to the clues that the squirrels and the birds share with them. They piece together a mystery written in the wilderness. Their goal is to learn from those with decades of experience in order to safeguard and preserve not only species of animals that face extinction but the ancient art of tracking itself. These men are from the Tracker Academy.
LEADERSHIP supporting supply chain and enterprise development
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
A small scale experimental farm on the periphery of Londolozi sprouts healthy, verdant green vegetables – juxtaposed to the aridity of its surroundings. Bright orange marrow flowers decorate lines of healthy courgette plants, and in the sweltering African sun a man bent over a row of spinach gently tends to his garden. His plants thrive by his delicate care of self-taught entrepreneurial expertise, and allow him to sell his produce to his community and businesses nearby – Londolozi being one of them.
Just imagine, this farmer has the potential to supply hundreds of kilograms of fresh vegetables within a10km radius of his customers if given the level of support he needs
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
An almost completely barren, empty plot of land houses the beginnings of a full-scale permaculture farm.With only a small, self-built chicken coop and a brood of happy hens currently laying eggs, there is a vision for the future waiting to unfold.
Just a few small sustainable contributions could influence not only his earning potential, but the community as a whole. With the basic infrastructure he has, he supplies Londolozi with fresh, local, free range eggs.
This farmer has years of expertise in the chicken-farming industry and a will to build a better, more sustainable business for himself and his chickens, creating his own ripple effect with the right level of support…
EDUCATION partnering with the Good Work Foundation in enabling access to higher learning
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
A young girl walks for 4 kilometers along a dusty road to a bright pink building. As she walks up the steps, she realises that it’s not just the physical doors in front of her that are opening. Through the access she has gained to coding, robotics, maths and computer literacy, she has as bright a future as any girl on the planet. This access has been provided by a team of visionary thinkers at the Good Work Foundation, who are constantly on the hunt for new and innovative ways to bring world-class, digital education to the rural communities of Africa.
CREATE YOUR OWN RIPPLE EFFECT
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RIPPLE FUND…
If you would like more detailed, one-on-one information, or if you would like to make a donation to the Londolozi Ripple Fund and start your own ripple effect, please reach out to us at ripple@londolozi.co.za.
Donate to reimagining education with The Good Work Foundation. Please use the#Londolozi in the comments section. Donate to the preservation of ancient knowledge and the creation of safe havens for iconic species like the rhino with Tracker Academy and Rhino Guardians. Please use #Londolozi in the subject line of your email toalex@nns.co.za.
