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    MyPlanet Rhino Fund

      Lesley Simpson     2023-02-28


  • Caption to Pic (fltr): Chairman and co-creator Pieter Twine of My Planet Rhino Fund and General Manager for the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet together with Lapalala Wilderness Foundation CEO Glenn Phillips.

     

    On the 28th of February, 2023 Lapalala Wilderness Foundation unveiled a plaque acknowledging My Planet Rhino Fund’s contribution to Lapalala Wilderness Reserve’s ongoing work in rhino conservation.

    Background

    Lapalala Wilderness Reserve is a 45 000 hectare declared nature reserve with just over a 114km boundary within the Waterberg Biosphere. With a rich history of conservation and conservation education dating back to its establishment in 1981, it is managed on behalf of its patrons and custodians by the Lapalala Wilderness Foundation. Lapalala Wilderness Reserve, along with Welgevonden Game Reserve and Marakele National Park, form the backbone of the Waterberg Biosphere.

    In 2020 Lapalala Wilderness Foundation CEO Glenn Phillips, in response to increasing poaching threats, was tasked with developing a revised area integrity strategy that sought not only to enhance its approach to combating poaching but reserve management in general. One of the key elements of the strategy was to establish an Operations Room in an already existing rangers’ base and to equip it with relevant state of the art systems and technology to provide reserve management and rangers on the ground with the real-time situational awareness required to combat poaching.

    MyPlanet Rhino Fund

    The MyPlanet Rhino Fund was approached to provide the required funding. A grant application was approved and an MOU was signed between the Lapalala Wilderness Foundation and My Planet Rhino Fund awarding Lapalala Wilderness Foundation a grant of R324,061.00

    This grant has since been used to establish a state-of-the-art operations room on the Reserve. Panel members from the MyPlanet Rhino Fund, along with the Chair of the MyPlanet Rhino Fund, Pieter Twine, were present at the unveiling of a plaque on this prestigious occasion.

    The MyPlanet Rhino Fund was established in 2011 and, to date, with 50 000 MySchool members supporting the fund as one of their beneficiaries, over R25 million has been paid out in support towards best practice initiatives in rhino protection and conservation. Partners such as Woolworths, Loot, Engen, and many more contribute a small percentage of each member transaction to the program.
    Twine explains: “The MyPlanet Rhino Fund’s main purpose is to provide supplementary funding towards best practice initiatives in rhino conservation and to strengthen rhino conservation efforts and build conservation capabilities across southern Africa. The MyPlanet Rhino Fund is one of the biggest supporter-driven fundraising initiatives focused on rhino protection.”

    “Thanks to The MyPlanet Rhino Fund, Lapalala Wilderness Reserve has taken a leap forward in real-time situational awareness and has a central point for the collection of data from our conservation team and field rangers on the ground as well as various technology platforms and external sources. In addition to this, it enables us as a team to share incident information and intelligence with the other key reserves that form part of the Integrated Waterberg Wildlife Protection Zone” concludes Glenn Phillips.

    The MyPlanet Rhino Fund supports organisations dealing with rhino conservation, securing populations, equipment, technologies, training, detection, and management of rhino populations. Conservation organisations submit a grant application to the MyPlanet Rhino Fund and a panel of conservation leaders assesses each application on merit. Each project is monitored for successful completion and sustainable impact. The South African public is encouraged to contribute to causes like the MyPlanet Rhino Fund at no cost. Simply sign up for a MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card online or via the app (Google Play or Apple App Store). Merchants give back with every swipe contributing wonderful things for amazing causes.
    Notes to Editors
    Media enquiries Lesley Simpson (LSC), Johannesburg, South Africa, lesley@lscpr.co.za Tel: +27 (0)82 804 0110 Lapalala Wilderness Reserve is managed by Lapalala Wilderness Foundation NPC, providing a safe habitat for all species that existed historically, including what are now rare and endangered species of flora and fauna. The reserve creates employment opportunities for surrounding communities establishing small businesses in support of the wildlife economy. Lapalala has been as much about people as about nature. Lapalala Wilderness School is a non-profit organisation, depending predominantly on external support, that works to provide environmental education and to date +/-140 000 youngsters have passed through the school. Teacher training is part of the school’s offering.


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