HELP SAVE WILD HABITAT
Here’s your chance to help save and restore threatened habitat for elephants, giraffe, rhinos, lions and other precious species, one acre at a time.
Wild Tomorrow Fund is working to protect, rehabilitate and connect a wildlife corridor between two existing large-scale wildlife reserves in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region (“Zululand”) — within one of the world’s 36 global biodiversity hotspots. The Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve (Ukuwela for short) is nestled within a biodiversity hotspot between two protected areas, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Munyawana Conservancy. Ukuwela forms a wildlife corridor preserving the possibility to connect over 356,000 hectares (more than 880,000 acres) of vital habitat on South Africa's Elephant Coast. It is already home to leopards, hyenas, zebra, wildebeest, hippos and countless other species. A precious river surrounded by fever tree forest, open grasslands, riverine thickets, and mixed woodlands, make it one of the most beautiful and diverse wilderness areas in the region.
In 2017, Wild Tomorrow Fund successfully secured the first 1,235 acres of this land, which we called Ukuwela, and in May 2019 we added an additional 1,171 acres called the Mfuleni Conservancy. In May 2021, we successfully protected the land as a “Nature Reserve” under South Africa’s biodiversity stewardship program, giving it legal protection in perpetuity at the same level as a national park.
In 2023, we added an additional 100 acre property which includes lodging infrastructure, to create the Wild Tomorrow Conservation Center. Once renovation is complete (est. new year 2025), it will officially open as a collaborative hub for conservation organizations, a residence for volunteers and researchers, and a venue for conferences, seminars, community engagement, and more.
While the corridor is now secured and legally protected, there is much to do to rehabilitate its ecosystems and ready it for expansion. This includes ongoing ecosystem restoration work, upgrading perimeter fencing to Big 5 standard, the removal of alien invasive plants by our all-woman Green Mambas team, installing solar power, restoring our sand forest, establishing the field research station, expanding to protect and restore additional habitat — and more!
If you have any questions, or would like to donate via a Donor Advised Fund, please contact John Steward, our Executive Director at john@wildtomorrowfund.org or call (917) 952 3922.
Otherwise, please use the form fields below to make your donation.