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	Fifteen years of operating safaris throughout the African continent has given EXPLORE an exceptional opportunity to help preserve wilderness, wildlife and traditional cultures. Our travelers are increasingly interested in making a difference while exploring the wonders of earth's most beautiful, wild places, and EXPLORE is dedicated to making that possible for them. Many of our travelers have made prior trips to Africa and desire to give something in return. This is seen in the form of helping to build schools, supporting local wildlife research projects, bringing clothing and toys for street children, volunteering at local orphanages or township projects, and countless other acts of generosity.

Africat
Namibia is home to approximately twenty-five percent of the world's cheetah population of which ninety percent live on farmland. Namibia's leopard, lion, and hyena populations are not believed to consist of such large percentages; however, they also reside mostly on farmland. Africat strives to mitigate the inevitable conflict large predators have with humans on farmland. Originally an animal welfare organization, Africat has expanded into education and research as an impetus for the long-term conservation of large carnivores in Namibia.
http://www.africat.org

NamibRand Nature Reserve
The NamibRand, located in southern Namibia, is a private nature reserve established to help protect and conserve the unique ecology and wildlife of the southwest Namib Desert. The NamibRand Nature Reserve is a model for private conservation in Southern Africa as it demonstrates holistic biodiversity conservation balanced with financial sustainability. Low-impact ecotourism is a means towards sustaining conservation efforts through park fees. The funds generated through these park fees enable the Reserve to be financially self-sustaining. Although the daily management of the Reserve is adequately funded through tourism, special projects require additional funding. To help fund such projects, the Reserve has established the NamibRand Conservation Foundation. This independent, non-profit organization has already provided the Research and Awareness Centre and the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) with significant funding and hopes continue this support as well as identify new projects.
http://www.namibrand.com

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