where it all started
Our Partners
We get support and collaborate with national and international partners.
Implementing partners
Our work on the ground would not be possible without the input of various experts and the technical support of organizations that we work with. These are the following:
University of Siegen
With computer scientists from the University of Siegen, Germany, we have developed a first-of-its kind automated, customized Lion Alert System.
University of Siegen
With computer scientists from the University of Siegen, Germany, we have developed a first-of-its kind automated, customized Lion Alert System. Farmers in our five partner villages receive real-time warning messages via their mobile phones. The alerts are linked to our determined virtual fences and are automatically activated once a collared lion passes a geofence. On an ongoing basis, we collaborate with the experts to optimize and adjust the Alert System.
Herding 4 Health
Without the partnership with Herding 4 Health we would have not come so far in our Communal Herding Program.
Herding 4 Health
Without the partnership with Herding 4 Health we would have not come so far in our Communal Herding Program. The model was developed over many years with the aim of making Africa’s rangelands thrive for the benefit of people and nature. H4H enables community -driven approach that empowers communities to choose nature and wildlife friendly practices as well as unlocking the livestock value chain. In our community H4H has helped identify and train specialized herders (ecorangers) and they have guided us in collective management of livestock through planned grazing and mobile, predator proof bomas. H4H has trained ecorangers on improved herd health, disease prevention and record keeping. Farmers are more able to participate in and access more lucrative livestock markets.
Conservation International
Conservation International provides funding and technical support through their Herding for Health Initiative.
Afrivet
Afrivet have trained our herders in Primary Animal Health Care. This gives our Ecorangers the confidence to diagnose and treat common livestock diseases in our area. Afrivet also sells veterinary products, which we receive at cost as partners in H4H.
University of Botswana
We collaborate with colleagues at the University of Botswana’s Okavango Research Institute for data collection for habitat assessments and analysis.
Vet and Agric Consultants
Dr. Erik Verreynne is our partner veterinarian that provides technical advice on livestock husbandry and care for our herding program.
Herding 4 Health
Dr. Erik Verreynne is our partner veterinarian that provides technical advice on livestock husbandry and care for our herding program. He has provided extensive training for our herders for vaccinations, basic treatment and maintaining good condition. He is also the vet who darts lions for Pride in Our Prides-program.
Helicopter Horizons
In 2022, we partnered up with Helicopter Horizons to offer tourists the opportunity to experience first -hand what our herding program is all about.
Herding 4 Health
In 2022, we partnered up with Helicopter Horizons to offer tourists the opportunity to experience first -hand what our herding program is all about. Visitors are flown in by helicopter and guided by our EcoRangers through the cattle boma to learn more about the work CLAWS does.
Wilderness Destinations
We partner with Wilderness on a variety of initiatives. They support a lion tracking team to monitor potential conflict lions.
Herding 4 Health
We partner with Wilderness on a variety of initiatives. They support a lion tracking team to monitor potential conflict lions. Tourists from their lodges visit our herding programs to support communities. They have pledged to purchase the first Wildlife Friendly Beef from our communal herds. Additionally, they fund our work through their grants program. This is a true conservation partnership. Wilderness Safaris | Luxury African Safari | Wilderness (wildernessdestinations.com)
Maliasili
What an honor to have started a partnership with Maliasili. The organization supports local African organizations to expand, strengthen and sustain community-based approaches to conservation and natural resource management.
Herding 4 Health
What an honor to have started a partnership with Maliasili. The organization supports local African organizations to expand, strengthen and sustain community-based approaches to conservation and natural resource management. With the expertise of Maliasili we are in the process of reflecting and improving our organizational management, leadership capacity, strategic -planning and our work on the ground. The multi-year facilitation process, including different training units, helps us to identify and realize our full potential.
EWCL
Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders- EWCL pairs aspiring conservation leaders with implementing programs throughout the world. In 2024, we began our partnership to design programs to ensure the conservation of Lions in the Okavango and beyond. Home | EWCL (wildlifeleaders.org)
Wildlife Friendly Enterprises Network
We partner with Wildlife Friendly Enterprises to deliver Wildlife Friendly Beef from our communal herding program, where farmers pledge ethical and environmentally friendly practices- including no lion killing. Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network
Herding 4 Health
We are happy to have started a collaboration with the Botswanan safari tour operator Wilderness Safaris in 2022. In support of our work, Wilderness will provide us with three tracking experts to continue our research on monitoring lion population dynamics in our study area. On a regular basis, the experts will be out in the field and support us in lion tracking, setting up camera traps and analyzing data.
Funding partners
Thank you to all the following institutions which support our work financially:
