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2002 Project News |
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In December 2001, we met with some of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, who run an elephant orphanage in Kenya, the only of it's kind. This is how we ended up committing to the support of the baby elephant Burra, and supporting another anti-poaching team on the borders of Tsavo.
 Lori with Daphne Sheldrick |
It is through building trusting relationships like this that Amara can be most effective. The people who have been living in and doing work in Africa for years know what is needed. We have also developed a good working relationship with Simon and Tanya Trevor and Ian Saunders of the African Environmental Film Foundation. They have helped us enormously in our gaining understanding of the real situation on the ground. The work they are doing is very important for the future of Africa, making educational films for local people in their own languages, which are then distributed free of charge to be shown to as large an audience as possible.