WE EXIST TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE IN THE ZAMBESIA REGION & AFRICA AS A WHOLE.
Individuals and organizations from anywhere around the world may transfer their donated funds through a protected PAYPAL payment platform online or by bank transfer into the Trust Account.
The ZCA works with a number of different wildlife trusts and conservation initiatives on the ground in Zambesia region and beyond. Each outreach organisation we work with is properly vetted and verified.
Yes, all our financial transactions are audited by Ernst & Young (EY).
Outreach partners are selected according to ZCA guidelines. We are always looking to support new deserving initiatives. If you feel your organisation qualifies, please get in touch with us and we will send you the necessary qualification and sign up forms.
Africa’s wildlife is a rich gift to the world! Without this incredible gift our Earth would be distinctly hollow. Its presence highlights our deep inner connection to all that is pure and timeless. The incredible and diverse intricacies are not something we can recreate. We are finite beings on this planet and what we create is finite too. In Africa we are talking about a priceless treasure, so detailed and so wonderfully mysterious that we can only marvel at its intricacy. Yet our modern lifestyle, has in many ways, sought to eliminate our reason for protecting this link. We have created illusions to draw our pleasures from, yet we find ourselves in a more vulnerable position than we may have ever been before. Our contribution as a species towards conserving nature, particularly in recent times has been mostly destructive. For the most part, we have chosen to take, and not give back. Africa’s wild spaces and the animals that roam them represent some of our last ties to a pure and truly connected existence.
Over the last 50-60 years tourism to Africa’s safari areas has grown exponentially. Visitors have flocked in great numbers to witness the wonders of Africa. Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta, Mana Pools, Luangwa and Etosha are just a few great names that resonate among so many. These phenomenal spaces have become synonymous with life changing safari journeys. Each voyage has ignited soul enhancing experiences with Africa’s wildlife. Aside from these intense transformations in people’s lives, tourism to Africa generates billions of dollars each year and secures millions of livelihoods. Most importantly tourism has largely been the deciding factor in a very fragile balance that has had to contend with growing threats to Africa’s wildlife and the vast areas they inhabit.
Covid-19 has created a tipping point for wildlife conservation in Africa. Dangers have always lurked, but in just a few short months Covid-19 has already begun to tip the scales significantly towards a point of no return. This is the point at which we can easily lose control of the balance and allow the ‘monsters’ to grow unchecked. Poaching, driven by the illicit wildlife trade has been a real threat for a long time. Tourist dollars have been the bulk contributor towards a diverse network of conservation initiatives. These exist across Africa’s wild spaces and they include, but are not limited to anti- poaching units, critical research initiatives, wildlife rehabilitation programmes, education programmes, and extraordinary veterinary efforts. The fight so far has been tough, but things have just become a whole lot more challenging. Annexation of land, long zoned for wildlife, is now a real possibility unless the value of tourism can be replaced.
