Our Stories of
giving

If you are privileged enough to have seen a leopard in the wild, you will instantly understand why the sight of this elusive and largely nocturnal animal is such a prized sighting.

This past month we’re celebrating Manatee Awareness Month, an awareness campaign that was initiated by past Governor of Florida, Bob Graham in November 1979.

Imagine a world where people no longer buy wildlife products such as shark fin, elephant ivory, rhino horn and pangolin scales.

‘The enormous knowledge and skills required to track animals in the wild is one of our most indigenous art forms,’ says Deborah Calmeyer, CEO, and founder of ROAR AFRICA.

As both artist and activist, we have long admired the work of photographer Nick Brandt, whose commentary on conservation is communicated through his powerful and profound photographs.

Conservationist Map Ives’s story is a classic tale of character and calling. At its core is the belief that each of us is called to a certain destiny. Plato and the Greeks called it a daimon, the Romans saw it as genius while the Christians likened it to a guardian angel. In Map’s case, it was unequivocal and asserted itself from an early age.

To doubt the genius of nature is to never have seen the beauty of a pangolin in the flesh.