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Oh wow!!! This is fantastic; and a huge thank you to every single person who has contributed

And a great big thank you too to 3 VHRs who are working really hard behind the scenes each day on this project - JenB, BGS and Sparks, you guys ALL rock!!

Great initiative! Will make a payment tomorrow.

R100paid in today. Great initiative, thanks for all your hard work.

We are rolling!!!!!!

At this very moment there are 120 kids waiting in great anticipation to enter the gates of Marakele National Park first thing tomorrow morning!
The Marakele H.R region promised to send us some pics which we'll post here for you.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project!

And a HUGE thank you, and congrats to you JenB, Sparks, Spookie for his help, and the Marakele HRs who all make this possible alongside our wonderful and generous forum members and those of the 4X4 Community!

Some feed back

The time and effort invested by the Honorary Rangers in this project is starting to pay off and the first group of students have had their introduction to the wonders of nature. lets hope this sets the stage for a future where nature conservation is not just something that is talked about by other people but that it is the beginnings of a genuine passion for nature.


1 Faces beaming in anticipation of what the day holds


2 In the lecture area, learning more of nature and what to look out for


3 Getting up close for some finer details from the ranger

Thank you to every one that helped make this possible.
We would like to roll this out in other parks as well so for the folks that have not joined us yet please look deep in to your hearts and help change the life of a child.

Let's be positive for a change, your donation does make a difference. Lets help underprivileged children appreciate and enjoy nature as much as we do.

Brilliant, Thanks for the update Sparks.

Great to see the 1st group coming through, our junior rangers have decided to donate R500 towards this really great cause payment will be done shortly. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Johannesburg Region Juniors!

Payment done yesterday.

Great big thanks to your juniors

Just a quick bump to this fred. This project is an on going one and not just a flash in the pan so please open your hearts and wallets and help make a difference. I will be posting some positive feed back shortly

Hi guys,

Is this project still running. We would like to make a donation to a charity instaed of having wedding favours. It would be great if we could get more info and pictures so we could make up little info cards and also promote the cause to our guests.

Hi mad4wildlife

Yes, this is an ongoing project.

The VHRs (SANParks HRs, Virtual Region) have just committed R31000 to take pupils (those chosen by their teachers for the outing) to Augrabies Fall National Park. These are children drawn from extremely remote and poor communities many kilometres (over 100km) from the park, and who never get an opportunity to travel anywhere. One of the areas do not even have transport services available to them.

These children live near the Orange River but do not get to see the river, nor have ever seen a waterfall - let alone get to visit a National Park and have the learning experience of a walk in nature, learn about the plants and animals.

SANParks are providing the tent and camping area for these children, the VHRs the transport and food.

If you wish for further details, please do PM me. The project is run by Augrabies Falls NP P&C Officer, Christine E du Plessis. Christine does wonderful work.