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Three Reasons Small Donors are More Valuable than Large Funders

Dec 16, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants, FAQ, Human Wildlife Conflict, Lions, Pangolin, Rhino Tagged: donations, donors, funding, Moses Arineitwe, Moses Ryakitimbo

Lately, we’ve had people say, “Go after the large funders, individuals are too strapped during this pandemic.” However, in good times and in bad it’s the small donors that are important to nonprofits like Nikela. Three Reasons Small Donors are more valuable than Large Funders It may seem counterintuitive at first, but over the years we’ve learned that for nonprofits like ours small donors are key. Here are three main reasons why… ONE Control When large funders give money there often are strings attached. Ever big organization has a mission. This mission is naturally going to be somewhat different from…

Needed 36 Beehives to Protect Farms, Save Elephants, Provide Honey

Dec 3, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict Tagged: company opportunity, donate a beehive, human elephant conflict, Lendoiya Village, Moses Ryakitimbo, protect farms, provide honey, save elephants, Tanzania

COVID-19 has taxed people’s ability to provide. Right now 36 beehives can make a big difference to the farmers in Lendoiya village in Tanzania by keeping elephants out of farm fields and providing profitable honey. Lendoiya village is near Arusha, in northern Tanzania. Arusha is the country’s third largest city, with a population of 416,000 people, plus another 323,000 more in the surrounding area. That’s close to ¾ of a million people! Amongst all this humanity is the Arusha National Park. This protected wildlife space of 53 square miles is home to elephants, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, warthog, monkeys, all kinds…

Saving Elephants: How a Dream Became Reality in Tanzania

Nov 11, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict Tagged: bee hives, bees save elephants, human-wildlife conflict, Moses Ryakitimbo, saving elephants

First PUBLISHED Nov. 11, 2020. UPDATED June 24, 2021 “I am a youth aged 29 years, deeply passionate with saving elephants, wildlife conservation and rescuing all animals. How can I get support from Nikela?” We get numerous requests for funds throughout the year. However, this email from Moses Ryakitimbo was somehow different. Sadly we’d missed meeting Moses while we were in Tanzania in early 2017, but that didn’t deter him. When he was ready to put his plan into action he reached out. Unlike many others his plan was simple, practical, doable and within Nikela’s reach of providing assistance. Moses…

Alternative Livelihoods: The Key to Stop Wildlife Poaching

Oct 27, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants, Pangolin Tagged: alternative livelihood, animal poaching, Moses Arineitwe, Uganda, wildlife poaching

It’s easy to tell someone to stop wildlife poaching. But its much harder to provide alternative livelihoods to make it really happen. Wildlife poaching has been around forever. Snaring, spearing and shooting wildlife for both the wildlife trafficking syndicates and the bush meat trade are not new. However, what is new is the scale at which wildlife is being poached. Many species, including the iconic rhino, the little known pangolin, the mighty elephant, and even the ‘king of the jungle’ the lion, are being poached at alarming rates for their body parts. Three Ways to Stop Wildlife Poaching There are…

What Nikela can and cannot do to help people saving African wildlife

Oct 13, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants, Human Wildlife Conflict, Lions, Pangolin, Raptors, Rescue Rehabilitation, Rhino, Vervet Monkeys Tagged: human-wildlife conflict, rhino poaching, wildlife heroes

Saving African wildlife has touched the hearts (and pocket books) of people from all around the world. Nonprofits and foundations of all kinds do research, anti-poaching and rescue rehabilitation work. Some of these organizations are huge with mega funding, others are small grass roots efforts with tiny budgets. Large or small, each of these organizations has saving African wildlife as their mission. Exactly what each does and how they do it varies greatly. For the donor, and wanna-be donor, this can be quite confusing. Some large organizations have equally large administrative costs. Some organizations are restricted by the wishes of…