About Our Faire Safaris
Do you also want to have a fair safari? African Wildcats Expedition is a project of social involvement on its own. Run by local safari guides it provides decent incomes, local work, and education for 2 Tanzanian families. It fits in the new spirit of modern Tanzania; this local start-up is here to stay! Especially the personal atmosphere improves the organization, the structure, and the quality of the safaris. Thanks to modern techniques –like the internet and email- we skip the layers between the actual safari and the customer, what a relief…
When you go on safari with us, you are sure your money gets to the people who work for it very hard. Their families and communities benefit directly from this fair income. Nothing flies away to investors abroad, or to foreign owners who pay your guide and cook just enough to stay alive.
In our modest small office in Arusha with hand-made local furniture, we can make an appointment with you. But our comfort zone is and will be the Serengeti!
Responsible Travel Involvement
Trees against erosion
Due to dry years with hardly any rainfall combined with heavy rainfall in a short period, the soil is aggressively washed away. This process is accelerated by cutting trees for charcoal and houses. The population of resident people has grown in the last decades and the fight against erosion is still young. We have to teach especially young people to replace trees when wood is harvested; soil that disappeared will not come back by itself. Planting young trees in the wet season is one solution; we can repair the soil layer in combination with water control during heavy rainfalls. Every safari will get its own donated AWE tree in the valley where John Sung’are lives.
Anti-Poaching
Every day elephants and rhinos are still killed!! African Wildcat Expeditions Ltd is looking for a local person, who is personally involved in the fight against poaching. We will follow this person from time to time. When we have found this man/woman we keep you posted.
Giving Back to the Community
African Wildcats Expeditions.
African Wildcats Expedition is a project of social involvement on its own. Run by local safari guides it provides decent incomes, local work, and education for 2 Tanzanian families. It fits in the new spirit of modern Tanzania; this local start-up is here to stay and especially the personal atmosphere improves the organization, the structure, and the quality of the safaris. Due to modern techniques –like the internet and email-, we skip the layers between the actual safari and the customer, what a relief…
In our modest small office with hand-made local furniture at Nelson Mandela Road, we can make an appointment with the client anyway, but our comfort zone is and will be the Serengeti!
Matonyok Children’s Home
Matonyok was founded by a Maasai named Emma Sitayo. In the early 1970s, she was the only girl in her village to receive an education. Emma knows at first hand the importance of having an education to be successful and reach one’s potential in life. During her career as a nurse working with children with special needs she regularly came across children being ‘abandoned’ either as a result of their disability or social/economic family issues. She herself could not ‘abandon’ these children in need and so kept ‘bringing them home’ – and, as a result, Matonyok Children’s Home was born. Emma continues to this day to accept referrals from the Government’s Social Work Department. The Home does not receive any financial assistance as a result of accepting these children.
Mission:
To ensure disabled orphans, street children and children from difficult circumstances enjoy a full and decent life. We believe every child should be given the opportunity to achieve a greater degree of self – reliance and social integration in a dignified manner.
Objectives:
- To identify those areas where children’s rights are violated
- To inspire and help the community to educate
- To develop each Matonyok child’s personal talents in line with their mental and physical abilities
- To prepare the children at Matonyok for an active adult life in a free society
- To set and attain development goals for the Home and its children
Matonyok has committed itself to helping children who are neglected, orphaned, sexually abused, whose parents have died as a result of HIV/Aids etc
Volunteers:
We welcome and accept volunteers from all over the world to come and work with us in serving the community and building a better life for our children. You can volunteer to teach, spend time with the children and so much more.
Our Involvement to Matonyok Children’s Home
How does African Wildcats Expeditions get in touch with Matonyok Children’s home, we first knew Matonyok children’s home and Emma through Edel and Arip, Edel she is an Ireland lady, a suppoter of Matonyok children’s home. We are enthusiastic and motivated by the way of her supports. African Wildcats Expeditions we love Children’s and we want to help them. How are we support the project, we support the project by funds and teaching material. We have also setup a day or hours on our safaris Itineraries for our clients to visit children’s home. You can bring school material, like writing books, reading books, pencils, erasers etc.