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New iPhone Application to Benefit AWF
- 07/07/09
SAN DIEGO--Luksor, an emerging iPhone application development company, announced today that it will donate 5 percent of all proceeds from sales of the newly released Safarees Touch 'n Color iPhone applications to the African Wildlife Foundation, the leading international conservation organization focused solely on Africa. Generating funds for conservation will help the African Wildlife Foundation protect endangered and imperiled species such as lions, mountain gorillas and elephants, and safeguard the land these wild animals depend on for survival.
Rwanda Names 18 Baby Mountain Gorillas
- 06/22/09
VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, Rwanda--Rwanda named 18 baby mountain gorillas this Saturday at Kwita Izina, an annual naming ceremony created to raise awareness about the plight of the highly endangered mountain gorilla. 103 gorillas have been named since the annual naming ceremony began five years ago.
Campaign Countdown -- Help AWF Cross the Finish Line
- 06/17/09
AWF will conclude its first ever comprehensive capital campaign on June 30, 2009.
Certainly, the challenging financial times we face have made fundraising for AWF's critical conservation efforts more difficult. But AWF knows there is strength in numbers---that if all people who have supported AWF in the past lend a hand now, we will end our effort with success.
We also know that people who care about Africa's incredible wildlife and wonderful wild places possess a passion that prompts them to be loyal, ongoing supporters of our work even in the most difficult of times.
Explosive Digs May Cut Off Kenya Wildlife Migration
- 06/03/09
NAIROBI, KENYA, as reported by Ochieng' Ogodo for National Geographic News--A new rock quarry being excavated with explosives in Kenya's Amboseli National Park may endanger migration corridors of elephants and other wildlife, conservationists say.
The operation has continued despite a temporary stop order issued in May by Kenya's high court, they add.
The quarry, which will provide materials for the new Emali-Oloitoktok Road, is located in the 3,000-acre (1,214-hectare) Osupuku Conservancy.
AWF Congratulates Member Sweepstakes Winner Allan Jordan
- 05/19/09
WASHINGTON, DC--AWF is pleased to announce that Mr. Allan Jordan of Fort Bragg, California, is the winner of its May membership safari sweepstakes. Mr. Jordan will join a dozen other AWF members for AWF's Best of Tanzania Safari in late July.
Designed exclusively for AWF members, the 13-day trip offers participants an outstanding opportunity to visit some of the great safari destinations of Tanzania while learning about conservation projects that link wildlife protection with improving human well-being.