Project parties As a way of raising awareness of particular projects, bringing together supporters and to raise funds for those projects, Save the Rhino hosts a project party each year. Mkomazi Matatu (2007) Click here for details of this project party Desert Rhino (2006) Dinner and riverside dancing in support of one of Africa’s most successful rhino projects and to remember two of its foremost conservationists. On Friday 10th March 2006, rhino enthusiasts enjoyed a champagne reception followed by a magnificent three course sit down dinner in a wonderfully converted Victorian warehouse beside the River Thames in Battersea. Two thirds of the funds raised from this evening went towards a very worthwhile Namibian charity, Save the Rhino Trust. The Trust received a double blow in 2005, when its Founder, Blythe Loutit, died from cancer in June and its Director of Research, Mike Hearn, died tragically in a surfing accident in January. Both gave up much of their lives to safeguard the desert black rhinos of Damaraland. This night was about celebrating their spirits and helping the Trust to continue its vital work.  The remaining third went towards Save the Rhino International, a UK-based charity that supports rhino conservation projects in Africa and Asia. Chyulus-Selous Party (2004) On 18th November 2004, Save the Rhino hosted an exclusive evening of African music and celebration in aid of the Chyulus Hills rhino project, the Selous Rhino Trust. The event was a fantastic success and raised a resounding £20,000, of which the profits were split between the Chyulu Hills Rhino Project, the Selous Rhino Project and Save the Rhino International. Together these organisations are enabling the critically endangered black rhino to re-establish many former ranges across East Africa. Dance Laikipia (2003) On 6 November, 2003, Save the Rhino International held an exclusive evening of world music and African culture in aid of the Laikipia Wildilife Forum (LWF) to support its community conservation projects. Featuring the double Grammy-nominated One Giant Leap, and Rhino Drum with their amazing mix of world sounds, they performed live at Notting Hill’s historical Tabernacle. Guests were treated to a dawa Swahili cocktail on arrival, open bar all evening supported Cobra beer and delicious food by Deliverance.  Greatly aided by the proceeds from Dance Laikipia, we have now successfully raised enough funds to support the salary of an Environmental Education Officer (EEO) for two years. The EEO will drive the bus and develop an environmental education programme to take local children out of the classroom and in to the bush to experience the wildlife first-hand. With around 50% of local children never having experienced Kenya's wildlife first-hand, this is an invaluable project.