Africa programmes

Save the Rhino currently supports field programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, as well as the work of the IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group.

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Kenya: Association of Private Land Rhino Sanctuaries

The APLRS is a members' group of private and community wildlife conservancies, based in the Laikipia District of Kenya.

Kenya: Borana Conservancy

Borana Conservancy in the Laikipia District, will soon be home to Black Rhinos, creating more habitat to Laikipias Rhino population.

Kenya: Laikipia Wildlife Forum

The Laikipia Wildlife Forum is a blueprint for how people, livestock and wildlife can live alongside each other and share the natural resources of the Laikipia District

Kenya: Big Life Foundation

The Chyulu Hills National Park is a vital part of the Tsavo ecosystem, it acts as a crucial water catchment area and provides food and shelter for diversity of wildlife.

Tanzania: Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary

Mkomazi is home to breeding programmes for black rhino and African wild dogs, as well as being host to a wonderful education programme, Rafiki wa Faru

Zambia: North Luangwa Conservation Programme

In the early 1990's Zambia's black rhinos with poached to extinction, this programme has seen them return to the North Luangwa National Park.

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Zambia: Conservation education programme

1,200 pupils living in villages in the Game Management Areas around North Luangwa National Park benefit from NLCP's Lolesha Luangwa (conservation education programme).

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Zimbabwe: Dambari Wildlife Trust

DWT is a Bulawayo-based NGO that, among other things, supports rhino monitoring activities in Zimbabwe's western Parks, Hwange and Matopos

Zimbabwe: Lowveld Rhino Trust

The Lowveld Rhino Trust plays a crucial role in monitoring and supporting the black and white rhino populations in the Lowveld Conservancies.

Namibia: Save the Rhino Trust

Save the Rhino Trust, was founded in 1982 to monitor the largest free-ranging population of black rhino on land that is not formally protected.

Namibia: Ministry of Environment and Tourism

The Ministry of Environment and Tourism is the government department responsible for the management of Namibia's rhinos and other wildlife. Namibia has led the way in developing Community-Based Natural Resource Management programmes

South Africa: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is often referred to as the birthplace of rhino conservation, being the location for the rescue of the white rhino from extinction in the first half of the 20th century. Today, it has large populations of black and white rhino, and has f

IUCN - African Rhino Specialist Group

The IUCN comprises of various rhino experts who operate as a network to address both strategic and implementation challenges for rhino conservation.

Field Staff Profiles

Raoul du Toit

Raoul du Toit is Director of the Lowveld Rhino Trust and has worked to support rhino conservation in Zimbabwe since 1986. He won the Goldman Environmental Award (Africa) in 2011.