how much money did namecheap donate to save the elephants

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We support transfers of domains with the following extensions. In honor of World Elephant Day on Aug. 12, we donated $1526.00 to Save the Elephants.

What is save the elephants?

Aug 08, 2014 · What do domain transfers have to do with saving elephants? Not much. But here at Namecheap, we can’t help it. We love Planet Earth and all its inhabitants. We know it’s our responsibility to care for the world we live in. That’s why we recycle everything that can be recycled, in all our offices. That’s […]

Can You sponsor an orphaned elephant for a few dollars?

Apr 08, 2011 · Namecheap offered to donate $1 for every customer who opened a new account with them, after the chief executive of their competitor GoDaddy.com appeared in the video of an elephant being killed ...

Who is the founder of the Elephant Conservation Foundation?

Save the Elephants relies on donations from individuals and foundations to fund its work to secure a future for elephants. We are a UK-registered charity (number 118804), with our operational headquarters in Kenya. We are a founding partner of the Wildlife Conservation Network in the US (501c3 tax exempt ID #30-0108469), which transmits 100% of ...

How many elephants have we lost to poaching?

Save the Elephants is funded almost entirely by private donations. It is only through the generous support of donors that we are able to continue our important elephant conservation work. We rely entirely on funds, grants and donations from around the world, so thank you for helping us to secure a future for these fascinating creatures.

Funding

Save the Elephants relies on donations from individuals and foundations to fund its work to secure a future for elephants. We are a UK-registered charity (number 118804), with our operational headquarters in Kenya.

Donations

The fate of elephants is in the balance. The record price of ivory has attracted organised crime, rebel militias and even terrorist groups, fuelling a surge of poaching across the continent. Without the outstanding support and generosity of our donors, STE would not be able to continue working to secure a future for elephants.

Donate with Confidence

Save the Elephants is a UK registered charity (no. 1118804) and 90% of all donations go to projects in the field. US donations sent through our partners the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) and earmarked for Save the Elephants are transmitted 100% to us.

Staff and Trustees

Save the Elephants is proud of the wide diversity of talents that have come together to fight for a future for elephants under our banner. From the founding of the organisation more than twenty years ago we have combined world-leading scientific minds with the unrivalled field experience of cultures that have long co-existed with elephants.

Corporate Partners

Elephants live big lives and no single organisation can hope to secure a future for them on its own. STE is proud to be at the heart of a growing coalition united to save elephants.

Our Mission

Our mission is to secure a future for elephants and to sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places they live; to promote man’s delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world, and to develop a tolerant relationship between the two species.

Why Save Elephants?

Elephants are Africa’s gardeners and landscape engineers, planting seeds and creating habitat wherever they roam.

Our Projects

Though primarily based in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, we have projects across Africa focussing on radio-tracking elephants and community conservation carrying out rigorous studies of elephants, including elephant collaring and more recently, sophisticated elephant tracking techniques.

Where are elephants killed?

Tanzania and Mozambique are the current elephant killing fields, and central Africa’s forests are an unseen frontline where the future of the forest elephant is at stake. These are real threats and an alarmed Western world is responding with shock, anger and unprecedented amounts of funding. Governments, foundations and individuals are desperate ...

Why are African parks attracting donors?

NGOs like African Parks, which take on the management of protected areas in partnership with governments, are increasingly attracting donor funds because they are accountable for their actions. In signing formal public-private partnership (PPP) agreements, they secure full management responsibility for a protected area and are held responsible for what happens under their watch.#N#The Republic of Congo had the foresight to engage in PPPs for three of its national parks – Odzala-Kokoua in partnership with African Parks, and Nouabale-Ndoki and Conkouti-Douli in partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society. Less than five years under way, if these partnerships prove successful, the future of 12-13,000 forest elephants could be secured.

What was the Clinton Global Initiative?

In September 2013 a high-profile announcement was made in New York about a bold Clinton Global Initiative, bringing together NGOs, governments and concerned citizens to stop the slaughter of Africa’s elephants. Making international headlines, the Initiative pledged $80 million over three years to counteract the elephant crisis with ...

Who is Jane Edge?

JANE EDGE is a former environmental journalist who cut her teeth reporting on the elephant and rhino poaching crisis in the 1980s. She subsequently became a director of Phinda Resource Reserve, communications director of CC Africa (now &Beyond), and manager of Nedbank’s green affinity programme in partnership with WWF SA. She was marketing and philanthropy director for African Parks before leaving in late 2014 to establish her own consultancy, Afrothropic. She has also served on the board of Fair Trade Tourism, where she was acting general manager for a period.

Where is the Niassa National Reserve?

In 2012 WCS earned respect for entering into territory where few NGOs will venture – the Niassa National Reserve in northern Mozambique, an area the size of Denmark with one of the most threatened elephant populations in Africa.

What is the purpose of PALF in Africa?

His small organisation, PALF (Project for the Application of Law for Fauna), based in Congo’s Brazzaville, investigates wildlife crimes, helps secure arrests and lobbies Congo’s judicial sector into jailing the culprits. Against almost insurmountable odds, PALF is succeeding. In 2013, an ivory poaching kingpin was jailed for five years, a sentence previously unheard of in Congo. Since then PALF has helped secure a number of ivory busts and arrests. Naftali and his small team follow every step of the judicial process, lobbying the media, politicians and civil society and attending court cases to ensure due process is followed. It takes unshakeable resolve to achieve this, but not huge quantities of funds.

How long will elephants be extinct?

Media headlines shout about an apocalypse; they predict that Africa’s elephants will be extinct in 20 years while ignoring the fact that elephants breed at 5% per annum – helping to offset poaching statistics. NGOs benefit from alarmist talk and every poaching outrage ensures an influx of funds into their coffers.

Who is the founder of Save the Elephants?

Save the Elephants (STE), founded by renowned elephant expert Dr. Iain Douglas‐Hamilton more than 25 years ago, serves as a long‐term protector of elephants and as their voice and advocate on an international stage.

What is Save the Elephants?

Save the Elephants is working for peaceful coexistence between humans and elephants and provides outreach around the world to help secure a better future for elephants. Save the Elephants partnered with WCN to launch the Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF) in partnership with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

What are elephants' most important traits?

Donate Now. Elephants are highly intelligent, sensitive, and social beings. Elephants are among the world’s most intelligent, sensitive and social animals, possessing both empathy and family values. They live in close family groups that over the years have been torn apart by an epidemic of poaching across Africa that is fuelled by ...

What is the role of the ECF?

The role of the ECF is to quickly fund the most innovative and effective projects in these three areas across the coalition.

What is Luna's story?

Luna's Story of Hope and Resilience. This is the story of Luna. A brave and resilient collared elephant whose family was decimated by poachers. Footage: Robbie Labanowski / Save the Elephants and music by Sebastian. Watch Luna's Story.

What was Iain's passion?

Intrigued by their intelligence, protection became Iain’s passion. In chronicling the sharp decline of elephant populations in the 1980’s, he was the first to alert the world to the poaching crisis and helped bring about the world ivory trade ban.

What is beeswax used for?

Though bees are most famous for their honey (and ability to scare off elephants), beeswax is also a great source for producing candles, lip balm, soap, and body creams that can be sold as a boost for farmers. Guiding Policy. CITES & Kenyan Law.