The House Of Worth
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House of Worth Associates
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Dolphin Management
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RareEARTH Foundation
A House Of Worth Initiative
"2015 was an annus horribilis for Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. In July the killing of photogenic park resident Cecil the lion by a trophy mad Minnesota dentist became a global media sensation. Then in early October cyanide poisoning killed around 40 elephants. Later that month, the heartbreaking news broke of the gruesome killings of 22 more elephants, including several babies, allegedly slaughtered by a syndicate of Zimbabwean police officers, Hwange park rangers and Chinese ivory smugglers." An African Park in Peril ...
Mark Sissons, Travel writer and photographer.
On This Earth
Photography by the acclaimed Nick Brandt
Nick Brandt depicts the animals of East Africa with an intimacy and artistry unmatched by other photographers who choose wildlife as their subject. He creates these majestic sepia and blue-tone photos contrasting moments of quintessential stillness with bursts of dramatic action by engaging with these creatures on an exceptionally intimate level, without the customary use of a telephoto lens. Evocative of classical art, from dignified portraits to sweeping natural tableaux, Brandt's images artfully and simply capture animals in their natural states of being. With a foreword by Alice Sebold and an introduction by Jane Goodall, On This Earth is a gorgeous portfolio of some of the last wild animalsand a heartfelt elegy to a vanishing world.
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The Quest For A Voice
The earth is a silent witness. Legends and history unfold across the lands leaving the footprints of the ages upon the soil. Antediluvian worlds collide in a whirl of historical contexts bringing hope and new beginnings to humanity.
For centuries, the Zimbabwean wilderness parks have been home to the rarest of species. But the protective veil providing sanctuary to the precious animals and resources is now under severe threat.
The RareEarth foundation is anchored by the spectacular House Of Chinhara hotels, which are to be developed and built within the National Park of the UNESCO world heritage site of Victoria Falls.
Our quest is to protect the thousands of acres of wilderness and to build an internationally acclaimed and recognised Wilderness Sanctuary by partnering with local communities, to educate, bring skills and employment to hundreds of male and female rangers.
The RareEarth Foundation will create and build permanent outposts and tent-based field units, provide patrol vehicles, afford fuel supply and maintenance to the vehicles, provide aerial surveillance, tracker dogs, and all that is required to protect this beautiful environment from poachers, climatic change, and industrial related environmental destruction for generations to come.
The Threatened Ones
A Time Of Crisis
"On a continent where 100,000 elephants were killed from 2011 to 2013, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, such poaching incidents are becoming all too familiar. Tanzania alone has lost over 50% of its pachyderm population over the past five years, as has neighbouring Mozambique. The illegal wildlife trade is now a $20-billion annual industry, according to Public Radio International." Mark Sissons, Travel Writer & Photographer.
TheRare EarthFoundation's Proposed Beneficiaries
Akashinga The Brave Ones
The Fearless Female Wildlife Rangers Saving The African Elephants
The Akashinga, are among the animals’ fiercest protectors. The rangers are an arm of the nonprofit International Anti-Poaching Foundation, which manages Zimbabwe’s Phundundu Wildlife Area, a 115-square-mile former trophy hunting tract in the Zambezi Valley ecosystem. The greater region has lost thousands of elephants to poachers over the last two decades. The Akashinga (“brave ones” in the Shona language) patrol Phundundu, which borders 29 communities, work in teams to develop skills while being wet, cold, hungry, and tired. Of 37 recruits who started the course, 16 were chosen for the training program; only three quit.
Akashinga: The Brave Ones, a new National Geographic short documentary released on World Elephant Day from James Cameron and directed by Maria Wilhelm
In Zimbabwe, where an estimated 85,000 elephants live, the fight to save vulnerable species isn't just a full-time job—it's a lifeline.
Among the country's most dedicated anti-poachers are the Akashinga, a radical all-female unit patrolling five former trophy hunting reserves for illegal activity. The highly-trained, quasi-military troop is an arm of the nonprofit International Anti-Poaching Foundation. The Akashinga, which means "brave ones" in local dialect, view themselves as guardians of the land—protecting elephants, rhinos, and lions from cyanide and snare traps. Many of its members are survivors of domestic abuse or sexual assault.
While some critics question the effectiveness of sending armed women into reserves to fend off notoriously dangerous and violent poachers, Akashinga's founder Damien Mander, a former Australian army sniper, says the group's success is in its receipts. Since 2017, Akashinga rangers have made hundreds of arrests and helped drive an 80 percent downturn in elephant poaching in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley.