We have learned so much about the poaching crisis since engaging a year and a half ago. The most poignant being, that there is no "silver bullet" solution.
There are only a number of different initiatives, that when activated simultaneously will prevent the extinction of Africa's endangered animals. This is why we focus on partnering with a variety of people and organizations whose specialities range in scope from undercover intelligence gathering, air-lifting rhino to safer countries, training rangers to intercept poachers and tighten borders, funding orphanages who care and triage survivors of poached animals and that we support specific game reserves in a number of ways, because we believe they will always provide a safe haven and shelter to endangered species while we collectively help to propagate their healthy return to the wild.
We provide a means for you to invest in ALL of the ways needed to tackle poaching - not just one, and for less than a netflix subscription each month!
Over and Above Africa is a 501c3 organization, fiscally sponsored by Global Philanthropy Group
As our global community grows in numbers, so can our outreach to the people, organizations and initiatives we support. By understanding the complicated threads that lead to poaching on the ground, a kinder picture emerges.
Poverty is one of the biggest challenges we face. How can we ask a local community to care for an elephant, when they can't put food on the table for their family? This leaves too much room for exploitation from crime syndicates to step in and offer enormous sums to locals that can literally mean the difference between life and death for a family.
Only when the villages have income and sustenance can they turn their attention to protecting their elephants, rhino, big cats and other endangered animals. Currently, these communities are in survival mode and therefore allowing poaching to occur.
With your help we can empower communities with skills and the tools to see that financially, these animals hold more value to them alive than dead.
Over And Above Africa is fiscally sponsored by Global Philanthropy Group so all of your generous donations which are tax-deductible.
Thank you for joining us in protecting these remarkable animals.
There is no one single solution to end poaching. We can't iterate that enough. To tackle poaching, several initiatives have to work in conjunction with each other - this includes game reserves working with each other and sharing information about wildlife crime, transporting elephants and rhino to safer countries, de-horning rhinos and microchipping ivory, well-equipped and well-trained rangers out in the field, drones flying over vast regions that track and report on migrating herds, stronger fencing, community engagement to offset damage animals to do crops, livestock and property, tighter security measures using the latest in technology, triage on the ground to save those that can be saved and rehabilitate them, and most importantly, the undercover intelligence work along with overt efforts too. Legislation to protect the animals and prosecute the criminals. There are programs we don't even know about that thanks to organizations such as IAPF, founded by Over and Above Africa’s friend, Damien Mander, and "EAL," founded by Over and Above Africa's Advisory Board member, Andrea Crosta - using informants, intelligence gathering and years of undercover work which ultimately lead to the capture of kingpins and crime syndicates - basically hitting the poaching crisis from all angles, using everything we know that works.