Honeyguide Foundation - Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2022

Rangers are Africa’s unsung heroes. They don’t just fight poaching - they are conservationists, teachers, community support workers, leaders and much more.

The Wildlife Ranger Challenge, organised by Tusk and culminating on 17th September, celebrates their many roles, and is raising much-needed funds to support their work.

Honeyguide empowers communities by building up their in-house capabilities to run Wildlife Management Areas as community-protected areas in an effort to achieve sustainability. This requires equal effort in our five impact areas for WMAs to achieve: the protection of wildlife and habitat, reducing human-wildlife conflict, strengthening management and governance, maximising revenues from tourism and enterprise, and building community trust and collaboration.

Funds from WRC 2021 were used to achieve continued protection of the wildlife, habitat, and community crop. It also ensured WMA rangers and protection activities operated at full capacity, supporting Ranger salaries, fuel, and vehicle maintenance.Between 2019 and 2021, the rangers were able to apprehend 40 poachers, seized 20 firearms and 22 motorbikes.

We need funding from WRC 2022 to support the rangers with their salaries, add uniport, and facilitate protection by providing uniforms, rangers equipment, food ration and funding 15 game scout rangers’ basic training in Likuyu Sekamaganga.

Give today, and the Scheinberg Relief Fund will match every dollar donated, amplifying your impact. Follow campaign updates on social media with #ForWildlifeRangers