Community‑rooted, empathy‑driven action for African penguins on the brink #NotBy2035
| We asked our supporters to complete a short survey. Our complete analysis (including a gap analysis) is very specific and spans several pages. Here’s a snapshot of what our supporters told us. 💛 1. What They Care About Most 📣 2. What They Want More Of 🧭 3. What Makes Giving Fulfilling 🐧 4. Why … Read more |
| At KruShan Foundation, we don’t just protect critically endangered African penguins, we protect the integrity of conservation itself. That means rejecting extractive funding norms and modeling a different way forward: one rooted in trust, transparency, and principled partnership. We practice trust-based philanthropy as a principled, power-shifting approach to partnership. We honor lived experience, center community … Read more |
| At KruShan Foundation, we don’t dream of becoming an empire. We are just the right size to notice what matters, move quickly, and stay connected to the soul of our mission. We’re not a sprawling nonprofit juggernaut with a labyrinth of departments and diluted mission statements. We’re a tight, focused, wildly collaborative organization where every … Read more |
| Empathy is a force to be reckoned with, not a soft-hearted liability. It’s what allows us to extend our concern beyond immediate self-interest, beyond borders, beyond species. And that’s exactly why caring about African penguins, even if they don’t waddle through your backyard, is a testament to the power of empathy. Empathy stretches our perspective. … Read more |
| Sometimes other people have already said what we want to say. Here are some quotes for environmentalists, conservationists, nature advocates, and anyone who cares about our planet. It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ― Ansel Adams Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake … Read more |
| Here is a list of wildlife you may not have heard of. A Common Thread What ties these extinctions together? Human activities, including habitat destruction, hunting, pollution, and climate change, have significantly contributed to the acceleration of extinctions. Many species today face similar threats, including the critically endangered African penguin. Won’t you help us keep … Read more |