Wildlife activist to live on tower for 32 days to save our rhinos
The public are invited to come and visit them at the tower at the entrance to the bird park at Montecasino
Wildlife activist, Anton Fouche, commenced his 32-day scaffold tower endurance stunt as a fundraising exercise for his George2Vietnam initiative, a “Wildlife Demand Reduction Campaign” geared at anti-rhino poaching, at Montecasino at noon on March 22.
He aims to raise R1 Million in 32 days.
“SA Scaffolding sponsored the tower and Tentco the tent where I’ll live for a 32 days,” says Fouche. “I will come down on April 22 or after I have raise R1 million, whichever comes first.”
George the Rhino will be situated at the base of the scaffold tower for visitors to meet and take photographs with.
Fouche has already pulled George the Rhino over 2 000km across South Africa in the past two years for his original campaign, “Walking for Rhinos and Rangers”. George2Vietnam is a campaign consisting of three phases to send Fouche and George the Rhino to Vietnam on a powerful visual Wildlife Demand Reduction Campaign.
George the Rhino is a life-sized fiberglass replica of a white rhino and is set on a wheeled trolley. George had 1 213 red dots painted on him which represent the number of rhinos that were officially poached in 2014.
After the money has been raised, the two will travel around South Africa for two months to visit schools, malls and public events.
The campaign falls under the DOT (Do One Thing) Foundation umbrella. Braam Malherbe, an international motivational speaker, conservationist and founder of the foundation, endorses and supports this initiative.
Patrick Cromwell from Awesome South Africans gives his support and assistance as well.
The public are invited to come and visit them at the tower at the entrance to the bird park.
If you wish to donate and support Geroge2Vietnam, EFT to:
The DOT Foundation NPC
Bank name: Standard Bank
Account number: 070117802
Brunch name: Thibault Square
Brunch code: 051001
Reference: George the Rhino
