NEWS MAY 2013

ANNOUNCING OUR 2013 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Empowers Africa is pleased to announce our first grant recipients for the year 2013.  We made grants to 13 nonprofits doing exceptional work on the ground in Africa.  This is the inaugural year for Empowers Africa, and we are proudly led by a group of 17 trustees and an Advisory Committee.  Our mission is to protect wildlife, conserve land and empower people in sub-Saharan Africa.  For more information about Empowers Africa or our leadership, please visit our new website or email us at info@empowersafrica.org. 
Our 2013 Grant Recipients are:
African Parks - Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi 
SA College for Tourism/Peace Parks Foundation - Graaf-Reinet, South Africa
Wildlife Conservation Society - Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Africa Foundation - Mpumalanga & KwaZulu Natal
Big Life Foundation - Amboseli-Tsavo, Kenya
Wilderness Wildlife Trust - Liwonde National Park, Malawi
Ikamva Labantu - Cape Town, South Africa 
Singita Community Development Trust/Malilangwe Conservation Trust  - Malilangwe Reserve, Zimbabwe
Mad-Rod Academy - Lamu, Kenya
Good Work Foundation - Sabi Sands, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Lalela Project - Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 
The Imibala Trust  - Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
Utah Community Garden/Inzalo Community Project - Sabi Sands, Mpumalanga, South Africa  
ABOUT EMPOWERS AFRICA
Empowers Africa focuses on funding:
1) programs in communities that surround protected conservation and wildlife areas or World Heritage sites
2) programs in urban communities where tourism is a strong source of development
3) programs that support the protection of wildlife and land conservation 

Visit our website at www.empowersafrica.org or follow us on Facebook by clicking the button below.  We welcome and appreciate donations.  If you would like to make one, please click here.

WATCH OUR FIRST VIDEO
Empowers Africa video by Born to Explore's Host & Executive Producer, Richard Wiese
Empowers Africa video by Born to Explore's Host and Executive Producer, Richard Wiese
Richard Wiese, host & executive producer of Born to Explore, has produced a wonderful short video for Empowers Africa. We are so thankful to Richard and his team for their help in creating this project.

About Richard Wiese:  Richard is a 2013 multiple Daytime Emmy® nominee, a 2013 Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, a 2013 Telly Award Bronze winner and a 2013 Cynopsis Kids !magination Award nominee.


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