OUR MISSION
Seek and protect nature for current and future generations
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SCOTTISH AFRICAN
CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION
Find out more*Friends of Hwange Trust are one of only two organisations that lead the oversight of solar boreholes and water pumps in Hwange National Park the team works in close collaboration
with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.
OBJECTIVES
*The Phatisa Carbon Offset Initiative was designed and is maintained in partnership with Goldenlay – a Phatisa portfolio company – to offset the firm’s carbon footprint through a protected carbon sequestration area – miombo woodlands, Luanshya, Zambia.
OUR PROJECTS
The Ever Eden Foundation (formerly known as the Phatisa Foundation) was established in 2015 by Phatisa founding members Duncan Owen and Izelle le Roux-Owen, to complement the private equity firm’s investment initiatives and in concord with their profound passion for Africa.
To date, we have funded in excess of six ventures across Africa and continue to work alongside environmental and impact professionals on carbon balance initiatives. Recognising lasting change does not result in one-off projects; the Foundation provides ongoing support to our selected beneficiaries.
We dare not wait for the last African elephant to die, the last cheetah to be shot, the last of the Cape Fynbos to be trampled to realise that we will never find peace or solace in material possessions.
The Foundation supplies grants throughout the continent and Scotland to initiatives whose values are parallel with ours to drive positive impact and take a long term view.
Pan-African |
| African Paediatric Fellowship Programme and The Harry Crossley Children`s Nursing Development Unit, facilitated by the Children’s Hospital Trust |
2016–2020 |
Hwange, Zimbabwe |
| Solar water project |
2016–2019 |
Nairobi and Malindi, Kenya |
| Beach flip-flop recycling |
2017–2020 |
Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Single-use plastic clean-ups and awareness leaflet distribution campaigns |
2017–2019 |
Phatisa Carbon Offset Initiative |
| Carbon-neutral project |
2016–2020 |
Daru, Sierra Leone |
| Potable water delivery |
2016–2019 |
Kamfer Dam, South Africa |
| Lesser flamingo rescue |
2019 |
Phatisa Foundation Fact Sheet |
| Click here to find out more |
2019 |
OUR PARTNERS
* An unprecedented rescue mission was launch in early 2019 after endangered flamingos forced to abandon their thousands of eggs and newborn chicks because of the lack of water in the Kamfer’s Dam, Kimberly, South Africa.
IMPACT CREATED
The Foundation is committed to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and we believe we have a role to play in their achievement by 2030. It is our responsibility to make the future we envision for our world and we are not prepared to turn our back on Africa despite the magnitude of its challenges.
Our contribution may be relatively modest, but we look to scaling up the work of the Foundation. If we are all willing to contribute: to our natural and historical heritage, an Africa where people and wildlife can access clean water, where the environment is free from single-use plastic pollution and where communities are supported to empower themselves through innovative sustainable initiative, we believe we can achieve the global goals by 2030; one contribution at a time, one step at a time, all working together.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Phatisa Foundation and CO2 Initiative
* Phatisa invested in Goldtree in 2011 situated close to Daru, Sierra Leone. During investment activities we noted a lack of access to clean and safe water in the surrounding community. The Foundation made a grant to rehabilitate four defunct boreholes and sink a new borehole – maintained by Goldtree management.
We have pledged to make a material contribution in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and recognise there is a role to be played through inclusive partnerships.
Constructive change requires us to play a part and recognise our role in shaping lasting beneficial impact and developmental and ecological issues in Africa for our children, grandchildren and the innocents on this planet.
* Ocean Sole turns flip-flops into art and functional products and in turn raise visual awareness of rising ocean pollution. The team invest revenue into beach clean-ups, vocational and educational programmes, as well as conservation efforts.
LEARN MORE
| The Phatisa Foundation Fact Sheet |
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Turning flip flops into art with Ocean Sole
(Kenya) |
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Elephants, water and droughts in Hwange National Park
(Zimbabwe) |
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Operation Save Flamingos
(South Africa) |
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A gift for life
(Zimbabwe) |
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The Phatisa Carbon Offset initiative
(Zambia) |
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The Children’s Hospital Trust
(South Africa) |
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Wells of Salvation
(Sierra Leone) |
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Africa and the Miombo forest ecosystem
(Zambia) |
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The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme
(Pan-Africa) |
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Hwange National Park
(Zimbabwe) |
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Meet Tiyamike Nkhoma RN, MsN – The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme
(Malawi) |
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Elephants, water and droughts in Hwange National Park
(Zimbabwe) |
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*The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme and Nursing Development Unit are the leading training programmes in Africa dedicated to building the paediatric workforce, by provide training and clinical experience in top-ranking African hospitals and universities to African paediatric doctors and nurses.
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