Fundraiser for Wild Dogs in Zim

From Jessica Watermeyer who works with me for African Wildlife Conservation Fund in Zimbabwe on the African wild dogs.

Dear friends, family and colleagues,

Almost two weeks ago I, once again, ran the Old Mutual Two Oceans half marathon (moderately resembling an African wild dog!) in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the African Wildlife Conservation Fund and our conservation work in Zimbabwe. 

Unfortunately, amongst all the excitement and organising of the event, I shamefully forgot to send out my own sponsorship email. So... I am doing a post event plea for support. 

I don't run the OMTOM half marathon just because I love running, I run to bring about awareness of a conservation cause which I am extremely passionate about, and to raise some very much needed funds for our conservation work and projects.

So, if you feel like helping me make this event a success please consider sponsoring me. I have encouraged each of my 50 runners to raise at least R2 000, and I aim to do the same. 

If everyone copied into this email sponsors me R50 (you are of course welcome to donate more ;)), I will reach this target!

If all of my 50 runners raise R2 000 each, it will amount to R100 000. That is almost $10 000 to go towards our conservation work! With an extra $10 000 we could buy four more satellite tracking collars to monitor our wild dog packs... 

OR we could provide literacy books to 10 of the 123 rural primary schools we support to help children learn to read... 

OR we could carry out 4 comprehensive rabies campaigns in key rural areas to prevent domestic dog (and child!) deaths and to prevent the disease spreading to African wild dogs... 

OR we could immobilise, treat and SAVE 400 wild dogs from wire snares...

AND with enough money raised, we could do it all and so much more!  

DONATIONS can be made in one of two ways: into any of our registered trust accounts (please see attached) OR through our safe and secure PayPal link on our website - http://www.africanwildlifeconservationfund.org/donate/ (see attached).

Please use the reference 'OMTOM_Jess Watermeyer_Donation' and send me your proofs of payment so that I can keep track of any donations and, importantly, know who to thank.

Family, I realise contacts may overlap between myself and Laura so if you have already donated for her, no problem! 

Further, there are a few people (you know who you are) copied into this email who already support this event, and AWCF in general, tremendously and I ask no more of you. I have simply included you for interest sake.

Please feel free to forward this email to whomever you wish - the more people who get to know about AWCF and the work we do the better!

I have attached one more document which has a little bit more about wild dogs and AWCF for anyone interested.

Cheers for now, and as always, thank you for your support!

Jess

 ----
Jess Watermeyer (MSc.)
Assistant Project Manager

African Wildlife Conservation Fund 
M: +27 76 825 0624 (South Africa)
M: +263 776 494 240 (Zimbabwe)
E: jesswatermeyer@gmail.com
E: jess@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org