Our Mission

Our Mission

The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. 

  • Spread the word

pie chart

How we use donations

85% Programs
9% Fundraising
6% Administrative

View Annual Report

Donate With Confidence

Show me an Africa that's

Where We Work

Learn more

Where We Work

Leopard

Leopard

Buniga Forest Walk: Involving the Batwa in Conservation

If you are ever curious as to why conservation organizations like IGCP are working to collaborate with the Batwa people of the region, all you have to do is watch one of their members set a snare for wildlife with not only expert precision, but...

Read More

Blog

All blogs

Maasai Steppe

Maasai Steppe
Yao Ming Says No to Ivory and Rhino Horn

Yao Ming Says No to Ivory and Rhino Horn

BEIJING, China, April 16, 2013 -- Today, former NBA star and Chinese icon, Yao Ming, launched a major public awareness campaign targeting...

Read More

News

All news

Lion

Lion
Featured Projects
Kolo Hills REDD+

Drastic measures must be taken to mitigate climate change in Africa. 

In Africa, achieving long-term conservation requires the often-competing demands of wildlife defense, pastoralism, agricultural industry, energy use, and forest protection. Nowhere is this truer than in Central Tanzania. And, with climate change predicted to impact Africa more than...

Read more

Featured Projects

All projects
Did you know?
Africa is the second-largest and second most populous continent.
Reason #21 to get involved

African Wildlife Foundation is devoted entirely to, and ever-present in, African wildlife conservation and sustainable development—recognizing and responding to critical threats in a multifaceted way. Help all of Africa, the wildlife, the communities, and the future.

Reason #3 to get involved

AWF is fostering new and innovative solutions to the problems posed by a rapidly developing Africa which remains home to vulnerable and endangered species.

Reason #53 to get involved

With loss of habitat and prey, carnivores—like cheetahs and wild dogs—are hunting community livestock. As a result, farmers are forced to kill these species. African Wildlife Foundation needs support training scouts and funding bomas to protect livestock as well as negotiating buffer zones for wildlife.

Reason #85 to get involved

AWF works with a host of partners on issues ranging from climate change to land conservation. Projects like Kolo Hills REDD+ are examples of our continued success working with partners. 

Reason #11 to get involved

Wildlife corridors allow migratory species, like the wildebeest and zebra, to roam safely. Without intervention, these free spaces are threatened by increasing development and agriculture. 

Reason #50 to get involved

Fewer than 900 mountain gorillas exist today. They live in areas suffering from the effects of civil war, poverty, poaching, and disease. Help fund efforts that include protecting gorilla habitats and keeping peace between locals and wildlife.

Reason #37 to get involved

The Sekute Conservation Area has resulted in increased education and conservation in the region. With your support AWF can create more success stories like this one. 

Reason #82 to get involved

Adapting to their recent human neighbors, vervet monkeys steal food and raid crops. As a result, humans mass-poison the monkeys to defend their food sources. Help is needed to establish a buffer zone so both humans and monkeys can coexist.

Reason #40 to get involved

Once on the path to extinction, today the rhino population is steadily growing in secured sanctuaries. Continued recovery of this endangered species requires aid to protect it from poachers.

Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros

Congo

Congo

Bush Fire in Chyulu

One of the best and worst things about living in Africa as an expatriate is the speed at which the unexpected happens. Just going to the shops, out of nowhere I was faced with a tribunal of very young Muslim girls curious about Muzungus (white people). They had...

Read More

Blog

All blogs

Mau Forest

Mau Forest
Nasaroni Village Bank

Nasaroni Village Bank

Access to financial credit remains a roadblock to economic opportunities. 

Pastoralist communities in East Africa rely heavily on livestock as a means to accumulate wealth....

Read More

Projects

All projects
Did you know?
All wildebeest populations have declined except those in the Serengeti. 
Featured Projects
Lupani Primary School

Education remains one of the major challenges facing Africa.

In the Sekute community of Zambia, students often had to walk miles a day to attend school. Classes were held in a ramshackle, local school made of mud that could only house 50 students. It is little wonder then, that in this chiefdom, illiteracy was at 80%.

Lupani school answers the call.

Officially...

Read more

Featured Projects

All projects
Did you know?
Deforestation affects Africa at twice the global average. 
Did you know?
Rare today, herds of 100 or more roan antelopes were common in the past. 
Reason #40 to get involved

Once on the path to extinction, today the rhino population is steadily growing in secured sanctuaries. Continued recovery of this endangered species requires aid to protect it from poachers.

Reason #85 to get involved

AWF works with a host of partners on issues ranging from climate change to land conservation. Projects like Kolo Hills REDD+ are examples of our continued success working with partners. 

Reason #37 to get involved

The Sekute Conservation Area has resulted in increased education and conservation in the region. With your support AWF can create more success stories like this one. 

Reason #3 to get involved

AWF is fostering new and innovative solutions to the problems posed by a rapidly developing Africa which remains home to vulnerable and endangered species.

Reason #11 to get involved

Wildlife corridors allow migratory species, like the wildebeest and zebra, to roam safely. Without intervention, these free spaces are threatened by increasing development and agriculture. 

Reason #82 to get involved

Adapting to their recent human neighbors, vervet monkeys steal food and raid crops. As a result, humans mass-poison the monkeys to defend their food sources. Help is needed to establish a buffer zone so both humans and monkeys can coexist.

Reason #50 to get involved

Fewer than 900 mountain gorillas exist today. They live in areas suffering from the effects of civil war, poverty, poaching, and disease. Help fund efforts that include protecting gorilla habitats and keeping peace between locals and wildlife.

Reason #53 to get involved

With loss of habitat and prey, carnivores—like cheetahs and wild dogs—are hunting community livestock. As a result, farmers are forced to kill these species. African Wildlife Foundation needs support training scouts and funding bomas to protect livestock as well as negotiating buffer zones for wildlife.

Zambezi

Zambezi

Etosha-Skeleton Coast

Etosha-Skeleton Coast

A Glimpse of Manyara Ranch Primary School

Our final “day” in Tarangire was really just a drive out of the park, then on to Manyara Ranch and the affiliated primary school, before finishing up at Gibbs Farm, a resort (the only appropriate word, if you ask me) aka eco-lodge where we would be...

Read More

Blog

All blogs

Limpopo

Limpopo

Rainwater Harvesting Experts On All Sides of the Virunga Massif

Here's another story of people from different sides of the border working together to help their communities and reduce pressure on the Virunga Massif and its mountain gorillas.

Last week, 10 women and men traveled from Jomba, DRC, to Gahunga, Rwanda, to...

Read More

Blog

All blogs

Investment in Africa

Learn more

Investment in Africa
Featured Projects
Maasai Steppe Predator-Proof Bomas

Lions face violence from local pastoralists. 

Lion populations across Africa face many threats to their continued existence. Habitat loss, disease, and violence all threaten the future of these majestic predators. In the Maasai Steppe Heartland, lions are often targeted for death after killing livestock or scaring local pastoralists. As a result, lion...

Read more

Featured Projects

All projects

Climate Change

Climate Change
Reason #3 to get involved

AWF is fostering new and innovative solutions to the problems posed by a rapidly developing Africa which remains home to vulnerable and endangered species.

Reason #82 to get involved

Adapting to their recent human neighbors, vervet monkeys steal food and raid crops. As a result, humans mass-poison the monkeys to defend their food sources. Help is needed to establish a buffer zone so both humans and monkeys can coexist.

Reason #50 to get involved

Fewer than 900 mountain gorillas exist today. They live in areas suffering from the effects of civil war, poverty, poaching, and disease. Help fund efforts that include protecting gorilla habitats and keeping peace between locals and wildlife.

Reason #85 to get involved

AWF works with a host of partners on issues ranging from climate change to land conservation. Projects like Kolo Hills REDD+ are examples of our continued success working with partners. 

Reason #53 to get involved

With loss of habitat and prey, carnivores—like cheetahs and wild dogs—are hunting community livestock. As a result, farmers are forced to kill these species. African Wildlife Foundation needs support training scouts and funding bomas to protect livestock as well as negotiating buffer zones for wildlife.

Reason #11 to get involved

Wildlife corridors allow migratory species, like the wildebeest and zebra, to roam safely. Without intervention, these free spaces are threatened by increasing development and agriculture. 

Reason #37 to get involved

The Sekute Conservation Area has resulted in increased education and conservation in the region. With your support AWF can create more success stories like this one. 

loading
SHOW ME MORE