Environmental Education for Local Zulu Communities

To preserve the natural heritage of this amazing area, we have a great challenge to reach as many rural children in our area with the message that wildlife and it's habitat is their natural heritage, to be protected, cared for and held in trust for present and future generations.

We offer an environmental course to youth leaders who set up conservation clubs in their schools. We estimate that for every one learner taken through our intensive environmental awareness and leadership course, 50 other learners will be gathered into the circle of concerned young conservationists.



These environmental leaders from Makhasa High School have been awarded their certificates for completing the Young Environmental Ambassadors Leadership Course. View the full program of Suni-Ridge's 5-day environmental course.

Wildlife Protection

At Suni-Ridge we do not utilise our wildlife as a resource.
Many wildlife reserves in South Africa use these "protected" animals for hunting, for the meat market or to be sold to others as breeding herds of wildlife for the same market.

This is a cruel exercise as wildlife families are displaced, mothers are often separated from young and beautiful animals in their prime are are killed for some hunter's wall.

Because of the high poverty levels, wildlife is also killed for meat (or for money, when it can be sold). You can see what we're currently doing about providing a sanctuary for the wildlife in and around Suni-Ridge.

You can also read about what happened to Silky the Zebra and her Mom, and about "Old Boy" Suni-Ridge's first territorial Zebra stallion.

Our Main Goals

In order to achieve our mission statement (see our first post), we've identified four main goals that we need to achieve:

1. Provide a Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Involve the Local Zulu Community
3. Young Environmental Ambassador's Leadership Course
4. Set up an orphanage for local Zulu children, most are HIV/AIDS orphans (FUTURE PROJECT)
5. Set up an orphanage for wildlife babies (FUTURE PROJECT)

Each of these goals covers different aspects of our daily life, and will be covered in detail on our website. A brief glimpse of the tasks ahead will follow shortly.