We practice trust-based philanthropy, so we do not have onerous grant requirements or required reporting. So, how do we know how our funds helped endangered African penguins? How do we measure our impact? We remain closely involved by traveling to South Africa for multi-day visits to our partners and maintaining a dialog via Zoom and email. Our partners have become trusted friends. Read more about our grantmaking process.
(Co-founder and President Kruger du Plessis helps feed African penguins during our 2023 site visit.)
African penguin rescue, rehabilitation, and chick-rearing
When does 1 equal 45? When we help rear an African penguin chick or rehabilitate an injured African penguin, that act has a long-term ripple effect that increases the population of African penguin colonies. Truly, every African penguin counts.
African penguin houses
When traders stole centuries’ worth of African penguin guano in the 1800s to ship to the UK as fertilizer, African penguins lost their established and safe ability to create nests for their young. When we provide an artificial nest to house an African penguin family, we consider the long-term effect and ability of the birds to breed while safer from predators and shielded from the increasing heat. Like rehabilitating an African penguin, providing an artificial nest has ripple effects throughout the remaining population. Learn more here.
Funding for emergencies
While oiled birds (from ships leaking, crashing, or running aground) or cases of Avian flu make headlines, we had a unique opportunity to save 350 African penguin chicks that would have otherwise starved.
Our Impact
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