By Richard Wilks | GVI Limpopo Base Manager
Dear Supporters,
Coming into the new year we have had to be super creative when it comes to new ideas to fundraise for our rhinos… and we think we’ve hit a winner. We’ re going to call it The Week of Challenges!
The volunteers and staff will be pushed to their limits when we set an entire week of rhino themed tasks for them. The plan is as follows:
Monday: Mumma rhino tied to baby rhino for a day, just as they would stick together in the wild. Volunteers and staff will be paired up and tied to their mate for a day. Toilet trips are exempt from the union, but all other day-to-day activities must be completed with your fellow buddy.
Tuesday: White rhino are walking the fine line between near threatened and vulnerable. It is a hard balancing act to try and keep them closer to the ‘healthy population numbers’ end of the scale, but with antipoaching efforts increasing we can help to ensure their numbers do not decline further. Volunteers and staff will also see how hard it is to keep the balance by balancing an egg on a spoon whilst on a game drive. Something tells us this they won’t find this easy at all!
Wednesday: The most distinctive and impressive feature of rhino is surely their horn. Volunteers and staff will spend an entire day proudly wearing a replica of the rhino’s greatest asset, it's horn. This includes during whilst eating meals and while on game drive. We’re hoping we will spark the interest of other tourists who may further help towards our cause.
Thursday: Rhinos love nothing more than to wallow in a squishy puddle of mud. I guess you could call it a rhino shower! But today their favourite wallow was occupied by a herd of elephants so they are going to have to go smelly. It will be a very smelly house after the volunteers and staff will save water by skipping showers for a day.
Friday: Winter has hit hard and there is no food to be seen, the rhinos will go hungry for a day, but luckily a watering hole nearby will supply them with fluids! Volunteers and staff will fast from sunrise to sunset, the hours during which rhino typically feed. They will have access to as much water as they want and of course sweets to keep their sugar levels up!
This week will surely be a test especially on top of our normal routine here on base. The Week of Challenges will run from the 16th – 10th May. We will need all the support we can get!
Our main aim for this super challenge is to raise funds to purchase a new vehicle for our anti-poaching team here on Karongwe. It will be used to conduct anti-poaching patrols and will help to deter poachers from entering the reserve, keeping our precious rhinos free from harm.
Watch this space for pictures and updates from the event, it's going to be our biggest fundraising event yet!
With Gratitude,
GVI South Africa
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