Raise funds for wildlife
MIDRAND – Endangered Wildlife Trust members who are also taking part in this year's race call on masses to support them as they fight against extinction.
Locals have been urged to support a unique trail run that raises funds for conservation.
According to Janelle Barnard from Love Africa Marketing, the Rhino Peak Challenge (RPC) is not a race for victory nor glory, but a race against extinction.
Challenge ambassadors will run or walk 21km as they climb the iconic ‘Rhino Peak’ in the Southern Drakensberg Mountains.
Barnard said that over the years, the challenge (now in its sixth year) has raised over R2.5 million for grassroots conservation organisations – which include Wildlife ACT, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife – to be spent specifically on projects involving vulture, rhinos, and crane conservation across South Africa.
Tammy Baker, business development officer at the Endangered Wildlife Trust, said she was lucky enough to take on this challenge for the third year in a row, and hopes to do many more. “The Underberg is such an incredible part of our beautiful country, and this event helps to protect it. A big thank you to all of our ambassadors that have agreed to take on the mammoth fundraising task as well as tackling the iconic ‘Rhino Peak’. All in the name of conservation,” she said.
Cole du Plessis, coordinator of The EWT’s Wild Dog Range Expansion Project, who will also be taking part in this year’s challenge, added that the planet’s biodiversity was under threat and a lot of those threats are human-induced. “We need to address these threats, and the Rhino Peak Challenge supports solution-driven conservation,” Du Plessis said.
Barnard added that to support the Rhino Peak Challenge, supporters could visit www.rhinopeakchallenge.co.za and choose their favourite conservation fighter. “The public can also join this year’s ambassadors on November 6 by participating in the virtual 2021 Global RPC from anywhere in the world.
“To enter, participants will need to donate an amount of R100 or more as an entry fee and select a preferred challenge. All entrants into the RPC Global Run will go into the draw for a wide range of stunning lucky draw prizes and the more you donate the greater your chances of winning a prize.”
Details: To sign up, visit www.rhinopeakchallenge.co.za/global-rpc.aspx
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