The launch of the second phase of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme, was preceded by a regional inception workshop for Southern Africa, that was held at the OR Tambo Southern Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2018. The first part of the workshop included government and intergovernmental participants (30 participants from...Read More
Another donor who has played an important role at the College over the years is the Hans Hoheisen Charitable Trust (Managed by Nedbank Private Wealth). During a recent visit to the Lowveld, where the Trust was conducting project site visits, they met up with the students enrolled on the Youth Access: Conservation and Environmental Education...Read More
Friends of African Wildlife once again paid homage to their positioning line “Be Part of It” when they recently brought two family groups from Switzerland to see what the College is about and why it is so special to foundation founders, Christoph and Bettina Weber. Friends of African Wildlife was founded following a visit that...Read More
A group of seven prominent Swiss media hosted by Bettina Weber of Friends of African Wildlife and Michèle Hungerbuehler from Hotelplan Suisse recently visited the College. Their itinerary included visits to the different projects and programmes sponsored by Friends of African Wildlife and supported by Hotelplan Suisse. This meant that they were able to spend...Read More
The SAWC CEO, Theresa Sowry recently joined well-known conservationist Ivan Carter on a two-week trip to the United States. The purpose was primarily to meet up with the counter poaching free tracking and apprehension dogs that have been bred in Texas and are being trained for the College, and to fly the College flag at...Read More
