Namibian Volunteering Information

This section is designed to answer some of the questions you might have with regards to EHRA and the contribution you can make to help us reach our objectives. As a result of EHRA's strive to run our conservation initiative independent of outside funding and donations, we launched a volunteer work project in May 2003.

This project also gives us the opportunity to expose dedicated enthusiasts to the work we do in the field and offer a unique chance to make a personal difference and a real contribution to conservation and biosphere development in Namibia. Working from mobile base camps in the vicinity of the Brandberg in the ephemeral Ugab River, the volunteer teams immerse themselves in pioneer conservation work.

This project is not for those interested in bottle-feeding cuddly baby elephants.

This is about real spearhead conservation work in a harsh desert environment where small bands of secretive, desert adapted elephants roam vast wilderness areas. Where subsistence farmers eke out an existence and need all the help they can get in their confrontation with the elephants competing for precious water resources.

Download (.doc) (pdf) the information pack for details, which includes information on the following:
Project aims/What you will learn/What we need you to be/Living Environment and support/How to get here/How it works and money matters

If you are still interested, then sign-up via the booking form and we can send you even more information that you will need.