Tusk Supported Projects

Malawi is known for its friendly people and beautiful places but poverty, deforestation and wildlife crime have put the nation’s wildlife under immense pressure

Lion Landscapes works primarily in the Laikipia area of Kenya to protect lions through a programme of research, capacity building, and innovation.

The Living with Wildlife project is a partnership between Send a Cow and Tusk to help protect the people and wildlife of Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. It is supported by the UK government, which is matched all public donations that were given to the Living with Wildlife Appeal in early 2020.

The Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) is a growing organisation of at least a dozen independent conservancies in the Greater Maasai Mara region (home to the famous wildebeest migration).

Established in 2003, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) protects a unique population of 550 sub-desert elephants.

The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) was established in 2004 to develop community wildlife conservancies in northern Kenya.

The endangered okapi is the only other living member of the giraffe family, and survives only in the forests of war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The endangered African wild dog, or painted dog, has suffered a sharp population decline from over 300,000 in the early 20th century to around 6,500 today.

PACE supports conservation and sustainability education, providing ideas, information and training for teachers and learners across Africa.

Established in 2016 in the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is the only community-owned elephant orphanage in Africa.

Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association's (RWCA) primary focus is on the endangered grey crowned crane, which is threatened across its range by habitat loss and poaching.

Northeast Namibia is home to the largest free-ranging black rhino population in the world.