Act now. Let us change lives through nature.
For twenty-five years we have worked in Cape Town’s schools, on its conservation sites and in its training rooms. That work runs on three things: money, time, and partners who can host a learner, open a site or offer a first job.
Fund the work
Every year more schools and more young people ask to take part than we can place. Unrestricted funding is what lets us say yes. R1,400 sends one child on a two-night camp. R145,000 carries one young person through a full year of accredited training and into work.
Make a donation
Card, EFT, SnapScan or Woolworths MyDifference. Section 18A certificates are issued for qualifying gifts, and companies can direct skills development spend here.
Fund a cohort
Ten learners in a named community, with a named delivery partner and reporting on what changed. Over one year or three.
Give your time
Last year volunteers gave 665 hours across our sites, from seed collection and nursery propagation to bird counts, clean-ups and monitoring toad crossings at night.
Volunteer on a site
Job shadowers, students, weekend regulars and visitors from as far as Reunion Island and the United States. No experience needed, only boots you do not mind ruining.
Work here
Roles across conservation, education, training and operations, in Cape Town and in Calvinia.
Train with us
Learnerships, internships, work-integrated learning placements and short courses for young people starting out.
Partner with us
Schools, employers, landowners and organisations working on the same problems from a different angle.
Bring your school
Camps, excursions and curriculum-linked lessons, or join the schools programme and build environmental action into how the school runs.
Train your team
Fire season readiness, land maintenance and vegetation management, soil and water restoration. On your site or ours.
Host a placement
Reserves, landowners and conservation authorities who can take a learner or a work-integrated learning student for a season.
Partner on land
Landowners, developers, city improvement districts and residents associations funding conservation management on their doorstep.
Stay close to the work
Field notes, learner stories and what our teams are seeing on the ground. Four editions a year, and easy to leave.