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Why your nonprofit needs a PayPal donation option

Dec 18, 2016 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Nikela Blog, nonprofit Tagged: Dispersing, donation, PayPal

For six and a half years we’ve been raising funds and dispersing them to people saving wildlife and found the PayPal donation option essential. I’ve spent most of the morning playing Ms. Claus. Well, that is dispersing money via the PayPal donation option. Dispersing funds to folks you’ve helped. Those we’ve worked with for sometime and new people we’ve found saving wildlife. A few months back I spent about an hour on the phone with our U.S. bank. I was calling from South Africa, to figure out how to disperse funds directly from the Nikela account to projects in Africa….

The easiest way to support your favorite charity this holiday season

Nov 25, 2016 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Nikela Blog, Why I Want to Save Wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife lovers Tagged: Amazon Smile, AmazonSmile, donate, donation, Favorite charity, giving is easy, holiday season

Forget the usual donation and help save lions, primates, pangolin and other African wildlife this holiday season by shopping on Amazon Smile. It’s that time of year again! Shopping, shopping, shopping. If you’re shopping for Christmas gifts or taking advantage of the bargains for yourself this holiday season, it doesn’t much matter. What does matter is that you don’t leave money on the table! Money that can be used to save lions, primates, pangolin and other African wildlife. It’s super easy. Use Amazon Smile to shop. Yup, it’s that simple. Each time you buy, Amazon makes a donation to charities like…

5 Top Considerations Before Making a Donation to Save African Wildlife

Feb 18, 2016 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, Canned hunting, conservation, endangered, Human Wildlife Conflict, nonprofit, Sustainability, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: 100%, bird of prey, donation, donor, lion, making a donation, monkey, Shannon, Silke

Before making a donation be sure to consider these key factors to assure your money is helping how and where you want it to. Giving is a wonderful thing! It makes us feel good. Makes us feel like we’re doing something to help. When we give strategically our gift also makes a big difference. But how do we do that? There are so many causes reaching out for help. Who do we choose? How do we know who is legitimate and who’s not? Out of this confusion what some people do is give to the big organizations, trusting… because they’ve…

Why For-Profit Companies chose the Rhino as their Icon

Apr 3, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, conservation, endangered, Poaching, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged: Business, donation, Lacrosse, poaching, Raytones, Reputation Rhino, rhino, Rhino biz

At least 21 businesses use the rhino in their name, others use it as an icon or mascot. Do they understand that it is highly endangered due to poaching? Rhino! How many times a day do you see the rhino representing a business? Why did they chose the rhino as their icon and what might it mean to their business if the rhino is driven to extinction by poachers? In our enquiry we found 21 businesses who use the rhino in their name. We invited each of them to share with us why they chose the rhino to represent their…

Who is Really Supporting the Rhino Efforts?

May 22, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, conservation, endangered, Nikela Blog, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged: Donald Schultz, donation, Nikela Rhino Rescue, organized crime, poaching, rhino, rhino horn trade, Ryan Davy, wildlife trafficking

Black and White Rhino poaching happening at alarming rate in South Africa, number of organizations growing to “help” fight wildlife trafficking, organized crime and illegal trade, or are they? At the South African parliamentary hearings earlier this year (January 26, 2012) Andrew Muir with The Wilderness Foundation stated that out of the 150 organizations raising money from rhinos only 20 can account for how they use it. (Some say this has now risen to a 250:50 ratio.) So who are the 50 that are really supporting the rhino efforts? What are the others doing with your money? I don’t know…