OUR IMPACT TIMELINE
The Safina Lion Conservation Fund was formed as a registered charity to carry out our objectives to conserve and to educate. We believe that transparency is key so we created this page to highlight the exact donations that we have made to our conservation partners and work that we have been able to carry out following the help of our supporters.
This timeline has been created to allow you to track the progress that we have made so far on our mission to work with others to protect and monitor lions in the wild. Use the timeline to see how we have progressed with meeting our charitable objectives to conserve and to educate and which of our focus areas as defined in our conservation strategy our actions have met. 100% of the money raised through our charity goes to make these donations to our conservation partners with no money going towards any of our trustees or administration fees. The donations are shown in US dollars $ because this is the currency that our three conservation partners work in so we follow this to ensure our sponsorships match what is required. We would like to add another thank you to everyone who has supported us so far allowing us to make this impact to help protect and monitor lions in the wild.
The Safina Lion Conservation Fund has donated a total of £16,898 towards our conservation partners.
Our proudest achievement so far is supporting the collaring of Laipangwa, pictured above courtesy of the Kope Lion team.
Charity formed in April 2017
Objective
Focus Area
August 2017
Ambassadors For The Wild Project launched at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. This is the start of our work to cooperate with zoos across the UK.
Education
September 2017
One of our trustees visits the Maasai Mara, Kenya to see first hand the problems facing lions in the wild.
Conservation/Education
December 2017
First donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Longoi Ole Parsitau.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
July 2018
Fighting For Their Future Conservation Strategy launched. This new strategy sees serious assessment given to our conservation work with three focus areas created.
Conservation Strategy
August 2018
Learn About Lions Project launched in time for World Lion Day. This project links the educational work on our website to our educational work with our zoo partners.
Education Strategy
December 2018
Second donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa after Longoi retires.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
August 2019
First donation made to the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. $3500 is sent to sponsor a GPS collar and the associated veterinary fees required to fit it to a young male.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
December 2019
First donation made to Kope Lion. $3278 is sent to sponsor a GPS collar and the associated transmission fees to receive the data.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
Third donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
February 2020
One of our trustees visits the Maasai Mara, Kenya along with representatives from Wild Arena Ltd and Knowsley Safari to visit the Mara Predator Conservation Programme Team.
Conservation/Education
Future Kings Project launched following the visit to meet the team at the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. This combines our collaring sponsorship work to highlight our focus on young male lions.
Conservation Strategy
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
June 2020
Communication from the Kope Lion team that our sponsored collar has been put onto a five year old male lion named Laipangwa.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
January 2021
Fourth donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
Second donation made to Kope Lion. $438 is sent to sponsor the annual transmission fee for Laipangwa's collar.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
Second donation made to the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. $475 is sent to sponsor a months fuel for their lion monitoring vehicles during the fall out of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
August 2021
Working Together For Lions Conservation Strategy launched. This review of our previous conservation strategy evaluates the work so far on our three focus areas and sets out a three year plan to 2024..
Conservation Strategy
Fifth donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
January 2022
Third donation made to Kope Lion. $365 is sent to sponsor the annual transmission fee for Laipangwa's collar. $150 also added to strengthen a boma as part of their Living With Lions campaign.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
Third donation made to the Mara Predator Conservation Programme. $475 is sent to sponsor a months fuel for their lion monitoring vehicles after the fall out of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
March 2022
Communication from the Mara Predator Conservation Programme team that our sponsored collar has been put onto an almost five year old male lion named Ole Cook.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
May 2022
Fourth donation made to Kope Lion. £2578 is sent to sponsor a GPS collar and the associated transmission fees to receive the data.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
August 2022
Communication from the Kope Lion team that our sponsored collar has been put onto a young male lion named Lendepesi.
Conservation
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Young Dispersing Male Lions
January 202
Coexistence Project launched to combine all of our support for our focus areas to involve local communities and to protect and monitor lions in community areas.
Conservation Strategy
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
Sixth donation made to Lion Guardians. $1500 is sent to sponsor the salary of Lion Guardian Kuya Kipampa.
Conservation
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Involving Local Communities
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Lions Outside Protected Areas
working with zoo lions for wild lions
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