Tashinga Initiative Team - Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2024

Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2024 has attracted the participation of a whopping 10 ZimParks Ranger Teams in the Zambezi Valley. Facilitated by Tashinga Initiative we need your support for these teams to cross the finish line on 21st September - stay with us!

Tashinga Initiative Team - Wildlife Ranger Challenge

Amount Raised:

$1,471

73%

Completed

Target: $2,000

16 Donations

Our Story

Rangers are Africa’s unsung heroes. They hold diverse roles as conservationists, teachers, community support workers, leaders and much more.

The Wildlife Ranger Challenge, organised by Tusk, is a celebration of solidarity, connection and camaraderie for the ranger profession. Culminating on 21st September 2024, the campaign raises vital funds for Africa's biodiversity guardians.

For WRC 2024, your support to Tashinga Initiative - ZimParks Rangers could be far-reaching:

-to continue providing those monthly, all-important patrol food hampers, - to ensure Rangers are operationalised with appropriate and essential patrol kit,

- to maintain vehicle and/or boat patrols operating through the Zambezi Valley,

- and your donation will keep Rangers’ morale strengthened through the provision of life insurance cover.

Give today and the Scheinberg Relief Fund will match every dollar donated, amplifying your impact.

Join us in speaking up #ForWildlifeRangers

21KM CHALLENGE RUN AND WRC 2024 DONE!

Sep 25, 2024, 6:23:36 AM

We've had a terrific time and all 10 x Tashinga Initiative - Zimparks teams managed to cross the finish line in some really great times, overall much better than previous years! Team Chirundu Task Force came first, Dande-Mbire came second, and Doma came third in the Mid-Zambezi Valley region out of 10 teams. Within WRC Africa-wide, all our teams were placed out of 118 teams, at 30, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 64, 70, and 74th placements. Well done and huge congrats to you all!

LOVING THE SPIRIT OF WRC 2024!

Sep 15, 2024, 12:13:46 PM

The 10 Zimparks Ranger teams that are registered with Tashinga Initiative have done an incredible job to keep up the training, keep up the deliveries on the mini-challenges, and at the same time, their primary tasks, patrolling and tourism come first. This is well respected and all the teams have managed to work very well around this. The teams are now preparing for the final Big Day on Saturday 21st September, checking their kit, their phones with STRAVA, making sure their water supplies are in place, their supporters are ready for them, loads of preparation to put in place across the Mid-Zambezi Region!

SITUP CHALLENGE COMPLETED!

Sep 14, 2024, 1:54:38 PM

All our teams but one completed the WRC 2-min SITUP CHALLENGE. This is the last of the 3 WRC mini-challenges A great achievement for so many team members due to patrolling pressures, also being separated from team members. Here is an example of Team Dande-Mbire undertaking the challenge.

21km Trial training underway in Doma with Teams ZAVARU and Doma

Sep 7, 2024, 1:57:22 PM

It was a great opportunity for these two WRC teams to get together whilst doing patrolling duties in Doma Safari Area for the Wildlife Ranger Challenge 21km Trial run to practice all aspects of the Challenge, including use of STRAVA on their devices, photographs of backpacks weights, teams photos and more... The rough and rugged track run in Doma Safari Area always presents a tough challenge! Please support these Teams, every cent counts!

21km Trial training underway in Doma with Teams ZAVARU and Doma

10 x WRC 24 Tashinga Initiative - Zimparks Teams are kitted out!

Aug 20, 2024, 6:44:35 AM

Finally, we've managed to get all the rounds of T-shirts printed with logos, caps, backpacks, boots distributed across the Mid-Zambezi region to all our teams! It's taken a bit of mileage, and its also been achieved with repeated generous support from https://www.manapools.com/ and from friend Lucy Broderick, the Zambezi dinosaur expert, - huge thanks to them as well! The kit is now well deployed in the field, for WRC training as well as for patrol use! Here you can see an Elephant RoadBlock - Team ZAVARU patiently waiting for the small herd to cross the road.

10 x WRC 24 Tashinga Initiative - Zimparks Teams are kitted out!

WRC 24 Backpacks delivered to Team ZAVARU

Aug 2, 2024, 9:15:27 AM

It was great that my Team Tashinga Initiative based in Kariba could get mobilised under Cutmore Gidion and deliver backpacks to all the WRC 24 teams around the Zambezi Valley! And no less so to Team ZAVARU who were thrilled to get theirs and to get used to carrying this particular bag, weighted of course for all the training necessary, leading up to 21st September, marathon day!