Powerful memories came flooding back as I reviewed Karin’s application for funding. It was such a great experience to visit her last year. Talk about living in harmony with wildlife. This fascinating young woman’s compound is in an indigenous forest amongst troops of baboons and vervet monkeys. She understands and interacts with them better than you
50 years ago 450,000 lions roamed the plains and bush of Africa. Today a mere 20,000 remain. Dereck Joubert (explorer and photographer for National Geographics) predicts, “At this rate, if we don’t do something now, the lion will be extinct in 10 to 15 years.” The situation looks pretty grim for all the big cats.
Today is the beginning of a great collaborative effort. A step forward in NIKELA’s contribution to helping people and saving wildlife in South Africa. We connected with one of wildlife’s greatest and longstanding allies, the Wildlife Society of Southern Africa (WESSA). Now that’s exciting wouldn’t you agree? “I’m not sure about this social media marketing!”
LOOKING BACK at 2010 NIKELA was born in April 2010 after I asked myself the question, “What would I regret most if I died tomorrow?” And the surprising answer was not having done anything for the wildlife of South Africa. It wasn’t long after getting started that Russ also joined NIKELA’s ranks fulltime. He couldn’t
Have you set your New Years resolutions yet? Or have they fallen by the wayside before January is over as mine so often do? In my experience when making real changes in my own life it requires a REVOLUTION not merely a resolution. What? A “resolution” is a degree, declaration, promise, or pledge to do something. While
“So how do you get paid?” asked a new friend this last weekend. With 100% of your donation going to the project and expert of your choice that is a very valid question. As a public charity we’re not a private foundation with a huge pile of money from some money tree. A public charity
2010 turned out to be the deadliest year for the rhino’s living in South Africa. Only a couple of weeks before we met with Will and Carol in early October one of their four rhino was savagely dehorned and left to die. According to, Robin, my young anti-poaching friend in South Africa the final death
“It’s the IRS!” I whisper to Russ as I almost drop my cell phone with excitement. Here we are with our daughter and husband walking along a brushy creek looking for another blue heron when my almost out of battery phone rings. Now, not too many people get excited by a call from the
