Protecting South Africa's wildlife and the economy
28 July 2020
By protecting biodiversity, educating the youth and creating job opportunities, tourism will continue drive the SA economy.
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Our partners in Education
Pivotal in the fight to save rhino, our conservation education partners educate children in local communities, increasing awareness on the importance of caring for wildlife and the critical contribution that tourism and conservation present for employment and career opportunities. We have worked closely with Coaching Conservation since 2013 and Good Work Foundation since 2016, in that time reaching 29,000 children.
Our partners in Rescue
The rescue of rhino calves and poaching survivors is essential to the ultimate survival of the species and provides an important awareness platform and fundraising vehicle, and our rescue partners do vital and pioneering work in communities. We have supported both Care for Wild and the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) since 2017, in that time seeing the rescue of over 85 rhino and release of 35 back into the wild.
Investec Rhino Lifeline educates kids to care about themselves and their environmental inheritance.
Investec Rhino Lifeline educates kids to care about themselves and their environmental inheritance.
Investec Rhino Lifeline supports the care and rehabilitation of rhinos orphaned through poaching.
Investec Rhino Lifeline supports the care and rehabilitation of rhinos orphaned through poaching.
How Rhino Lifeline helps
Education
By educating the youth in rural communities to care about rhino, we develop rhino custodians of the future.
Rescue
Every rhino counts. When rhino mothers are poached, young calves are left orphaned and injured.
Demand reduction
We recognise that demand reduction is critical to winning the war on poaching, and focus specifically on Vietnam and China.
Education
We not only educate the youth, but also involve them in creating conservation solutions. We have partnered with two NGOs in this area: Coaching for Conservation and the Good Work Foundation
Rescue
With the appropriate care, orphaned and injured baby rhinos can be rehabilitated and released back into the wild. We have partnered with two organisations in this area: Care for Wild and Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre.
Demand reduction
Investec Rhino Lifeline leverages the bank’s international brand and presence to raise awareness in the key consumer countries of China and Vietnam. As Rhino Ambassador and Vietnamese Popstar Than Bui says, "We have to educate the children who will then educate the parents. Education is the key to this process. When the kids speak, the adults will listen."
