Skydive for Rhino

THE REASON

R10 million (US$1,25 million), +400 South Africans, 5 provinces, celebrities, sportsmen and women, schools and thousands of other supporters.

This is just the beginning of Skydive for Rhinos 2012 - possibly the biggest rhino fundraising campaign in South Africa this year ...definitely the most sensational!

Following our successful 2011 Skydive for Rhinos (that saw 40 people raising R500,000 for KZN’s rhinos), the African Conservation Trust (ACT) has embarked on a goal to raise R10million this year for rhino anti-poaching initiatives, through a national Skydive for Rhinos 2012 campaign.

The slaughter of rhinos in South Africa has intensified beyond all predictions. In the four years since 2008 – when rhino poaching suddenly reappeared - nearly 1,000 have been brutally slaughtered by poachers, many left to die excruciating, lingering deaths. Now, in 2012, South Africa is currently losing 1 rhino every 15 hours to poachers.

Five provinces in South Africa will host Skydive for Rhinos events at PASA -registered drop-zones between July and October.  448* ordinary South African citizens and celebrities will leap from 10,000ft to raise funds for rhino anti-poaching work -  and make a sky-high statement that South Africans want the decimation of one of our greatest national assets to stop.

With your help, this campaign will raise R10million and 100% of funds will go right to the front-line of the rhino poaching crisis and support the brave men and women who are working against the clock to protect the rhinos in their care from a poacher’s bullet. It will also fund proactive efforts such as aerial surveillance, training, education and job creation.

Funds will be distributed nationally, with key priority regions being KZN, North West and the Kruger region. Funds will also be distributed to other hard hit areas, based on urgency of need:

* Why 448?  That's the number of rhino killed by poachers in South Africa during 2011. 

WHERE
27th - 29th July @ SkyDive Rustenburg - Rustenburg, North West Province.
 
17th - 19th August  @ Angel's Way Skydiving Centre / Skydive Durban - Eston, KZN.
 
31st August - 2nd September  @ Skydive Port Elizabeth - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.
 
21st - 23rd September @ Skydive Robertson, Robertson, Western Cape.
 
Could be subject to change - contact us for more info.
All skydives will be tandem unless special arrangements are made beforehand.

We are aiming for 100 skydivers at each drop zone; Rhino Skydivers will be kept up to date on their drop-zone’s plans and events via the weekly Jumper’s Journal.

NB: skydiving is highly weather-dependent so each event will have an alternative date on the following weekend.

The campaign aims to end in the Cape on the weekend of World Rhino Day – 22 September 2012 - with a mega-end-of-campaign weekend. We’ll keep you updated!

Event calendar coming soon - please contact us for specific dates.

For more information, contact Micah at micah@projectafrica.com.

Follow Skydive for Rhinos online:

www.Skydive4Rhinos.org
www.facebook.com/skydiveforrhinos
www.twitter.com/@RhinoSkydiver
www.givengain.com/cause/3213/projects/10849/
www.projectafrica.com