Eco-Tourism/Conservation/Charities

Londolozi South Africa; new frontiers in eco-friendly technology.  Londolozi GM, Stoff Kane Berman, loves playing with cars, electronic gadgets and new frontiers in eco-friendly technology. He has been the moving spirit in the creation of the 1st ever battery powered safari vehicle; the 1st ever high tech specialist photographic night vision and sound safari vehicle; the 1st ever solar powered people mover (between camps) and the 1st ever battery powered tractor. Added to his zero emissions policy, Kane Berman has gone to war on plastic bottled water. This water has been needlessly transported thousands of miles into a Game Reserve which has 2 perennial rivers running through it. As such he has commissioned the construction of a Londolozi bottling plant using reusable glass bottles. In addition Kane Berman is simultaneously working on banning all future use of packaged and transported plastic bottled water into Londolozi. During 2009 Kane Berman has also insisted that, where practical, the fresh vegetables for the kitchen be bought within a 150 kilometer radius of the Lodge with a strong focus on supporting the local farm growers. Also to recycle, restore and maintain equipment locally. Solar powered water heating and water driven electrical generation are on his drawing board for 2010 as he determinedly sets about transforming, step by step, the Londolozi model until we achieve Sustainability at all levels..

 

Mwea School/Fund - Kenya.  AfricaTours supports several worthy projects in various areas in Africa.  We encourage our clients to visit and participate in these worthy programs. We will feature the charities that we support in forthcoming Newsletters.  Mwea is a small, agricultural village located about fifty miles northeast of Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. The Mwea Fund was created unofficially in September 2002, when five friends attached a fundraiser to a Mt. Kilimanjaro climb for the very poor but promising Mwea Primary School. Within weeks, enough money was raised for the completion of three new, badly needed classroom buildings; older, decrepit buildings were refurbished, protective metal shutters were added and some new desks were built. In 2003, we were able to continue classroom restoration, we replaced many tattered and worn student uniforms with new higher quality ones; and a hot lunch program for the neediest children was initiated. By 2006, The Mwea Fund was sponsoring secondary education tuition for approximately 20 high school age students. At present, The Mwea Fund is aiding in the construction of several more classrooms and a multipurpose community reading room at Mwea Primary School. We are also partnering with other primary schools in the Mwea area to improve the educational opportunities for children in those communities.   Please visit their website to see how you can help.  http://mweafund.org

 

Say more than "I Love You" this Valentine's Day.  Give your sweetheart even more to smile about this Valentines Day with Adoption Collections from AWF and Endangered Species Chocolate. Through this very special offering, wildlife lovers can sweeten the deal whenever they adopt African wildlife through AWF. Each collection includes a donation to support AWFs work and includes Endangered Species Chocolate bars, a plush animal that matches the collections name, and an e-membership to AWF. Adoption Collections start at only $30 and make the perfect gift! http://www.chocolatebar.com/awf/