The devastating impact of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown on communities surrounding Sabi Sand in South Africa has left many families without food. This unfolding crisis prompted the Sabi Sand NPO Forum – a group of non-profit organisations in the region – to step in and provide food parcels to families in need.

Singita Lowveld Trust will temporarily shift its focus from its Early Childhood Development (ECD) Resource Drive to join the Sabi Sand NPO Forum’s initiative and support these communities with much-needed emergency food relief.

For just $32, you can sponsor a food parcel that will feed a family of four for a month. Each parcel contains basic staples like maize meal, rice, pilchards, baked beans and peanut butter, offering essential nourishment to people in need.

The Malilangwe Scouts are at the forefront of the fight and these brave men play a key role in the efforts of the Malilangwe Trust to combat illegal poaching. The Scouts’ impact is a testimony to their calibre and commitment, and not only does the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve have one of the highest rhino densities on the continent, but there's also been no snaring on the property for the past 8 years.

Two years ago, the Grumeti Fund made a commitment to bring black rhino back to the Serengeti ecosystem and since then the Ikorongo Black Rhino Re-establishment Project has successfully translocated ten rhino who now live wild within the Singita Grumeti reserve. We are helping to raise $500,000 to support the next translocation of eastern black rhino to the Western Serengeti. Your donation could help to save a species on the brink of extinction.

One of the most critical aspects of the Singita Lowveld Trust’s ongoing conservation work is ensuring our around-the-clock anti-poaching patrols go uninterrupted.

The deployment of anti-poaching scouts, a highly-trained canine unit and innovative monitoring technology makes this an extremely costly and resource-intensive operation; the annual basic running cost of the canine unit alone runs in excess of $250,000. The up-front and ongoing investment into safeguarding our wildlife is significant, and the current absence of revenues from our lodges places this project and many others at considerable risk.