About the Wildlife Ranger Challenge: 

COVID-19 has brought tourism revenue to a halt across Africa, threatening the important work and livelihoods of the rangers who protect iconic African wildlife such as elephants, pangolins, rhinos, lions, and more. Ranger teams are now uniting around the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, a running race with one goal: to raise money to support thousands of their fellow rangers. Now is the time to go the extra mile—it’s time to race to support our rangers. Every dollar donated will be matched by the Scheinberg Relief Fund, doubling your generous contribution.

Your contribution will help support 100 rangers and an estimated 1,000 livelihoods in Tanzania. 

Role of rangers

Rangers work to protect the fauna and flora of Grumeti Concessions from illegal threats, particularly from poachers looking for bushmeat, ivory, rhino horn, cattle, and other natural resources from the area.

How a donation would help

Any additional funds we are able to secure would go toward working to develop partnerships with the government to enhance a joint effort focused on a consolidation of information across the ecosystem that can help to stop poaching syndicates.

Effects of the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decrease in our overall budget, due to the lack of tourism income as well as fundraising challenges. In turn, this has led to retrenchments, salary reductions, logistical challenges, and the looming threat of an increase in poaching.

Because of the dedication of the team on the ground and their ability to continue operating during this time, we have seen little difference in our concession with regard to poaching activities. However, we are aware of the looming threat and the need to be extremely stringent in our patrolling and surveillance of the area.

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Tusk is registered with JustGiving in the UK (or GoFundMe.com in the USA). Our online fundraising sites allow you to create a sponsorship form with easy access for your supporters, knowing their money is going directly to Tusk. UK tax-paying donors can enhance their contribution by agreeing to Gift Aid their sponsorship (for every £10 you raise, Tusk will receive another £2.50 from the Government provided you are a UK taxpayer). US supporters wishing to make a tax deductible donation can do so via GoFundMe.com.