Events

Your decision to participate is appreciated. You and so many others who contribute valuable time and energy sustain the global demand for a better world for wild creatures and indigenous peoples.

Your dedication and goodwill amplify the effort to protect earth’s natural wonder.

Jan

18

Campaign to Mitigate Trophies Entering the USA

Survey results are in!

Date and Time

January 18, 2023

12:00 am –

Location

Virtual online

The results are in! The KAZA Elephant Survey Report shows elephant carcass ratio is too high.
Calling on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and USFWS to ban trophy imports from KAZA nations.

Watch this space for updates!

Jan

01

Mambas in The Park

Ongoing monthly since 2018

Date and Time

January 1, 2024

12:00 am –

Location

Greater Kruger, South Africa

🌟 Here’s what you should know:

🦁 In collaboration with Transfrontier Africa, the Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit and KORU camp, GMFER organizes and sponsors monthly campouts and workshops with the Mambas and their children in the Greater Kruger.

🐦 Despite the significance of their work, the Mambas’ own children and families rarely experience the wonder of seeing an elephant, a rhino, or a lion in the wild. If African voices are to rise on behalf of Africa’s wild wonder, the cultural and economic distance that separates Africa’s people from the continent’s wild heritage must be dismantled.

🐘 The 2–3-night campout features multiple workshops centered on conservation and community. Each campout is themed to amplify the uniqueness, vulnerability and ecological significance of a specific species or a phenomenon that has global impact such as climate change or plastic pollution.


Dec

27

Computer Literacy Classes for Wildlife Rangers and Communities

Ongoing, bi-weekly at Hoedspruit, South Africa

Date and Time

December 27, 2023

12:00 am –

Location

Hoedspruit, South Africa

💻👩‍🏫Upskilling through computer literacy:👩‍🏫💻
GMFER will conduct computer literacy workshops for wildlife rangers and communities challenged by inadequate access to computers and software applications.
The rangers will gain skills to document, catalog and share their findings from the field.

Please help us with the cost of the computers: gmfer.org/donate

Jan

13

Vigil4Elephants

January 13, 2024 - All day

Date and Time

January 13, 2023

6:00 am – 11:59 pm

Location

Virtual online

Join US! 🌟GMFER is serving as co-host participating in Vigil4Elephants – a day of remembrance for elephants who have died in 2023 due to the physical and psychological trauma caused by life in a captive environment such as a zoo, circus, or other entertainment venue. 🌟

Watch here for updates!:

Jun

05

Ngwerere Stream Cleanup Campaign

Ongoing. Start: June 5-6 and September 15- 16

Date and Time

June 5, 2023

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location

Ngwerere Stream, Zambia

♵ 🌟 Beat Plastic Pollution!🌟 ♵

Here’s what you should know:
💧 The Ngwerere stream in Zambia is polluted with plastic and chemicals so widespread that the entire surface is completely choked, virtually shutting down the flow of water.
💧 The Ngwerere stream cleanup is ongoing with future cleanup events scheduled in 2024.
💧 The initiative to clean up the Ngwerere tributary is organized by Mizu Eco-Care, GMFER and Eco-Rising Zambia, in collaboration with the Zambian Chongwe Town Council and the Lusaka City Council.
💧 The Ngwerere is a vital stream for Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, where it spills into the Chongwe river, which in turn, flows into the mighty Zambezi which feeds into the Indian Ocean. This means pollution is carried along throughout the entire river system.
💧 Working to achieve Zambia ‘plastic free’ is the long-term vision.

Jun

05

Beat Plastic Pollution on World Environment Day. Lusaka, Zambia.

05 June 2023

Date and Time

June 5, 2023

7:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location

Lusaka, Zambia

🐘 🌟 CAN YOU HELP WITH A SMALL DONATION? #BeatPlasticPollution. Support biodiversity on #WorldEnvironmentDay. We have the backing of the UN Environment Programme.

🐘 We are ~600.00 usd short!
🐘 Click Here: DONATE

🌟 Everyone! Our UN registered event for #WorldEnvironmentDay to #BeatPlasticPollution is on the 5th of June and we are about 600.00 usd short of our goal to ensure the event is a success, primarily we are short of the funds to purchase gum boots and safety overalls so cleaners can wade into the tributary.

🌟 UN event: CLEAN UP THE NGWERE TRIBUTARY.

🌟 The Lusaka City Council and the Minister of Green Economy Hon. Collins Nzovu will be participating in the event. Mizu Eco-Care is our voice on the ground, making all of the magic happen in collaboration with #GMFER!

🌟 Help get mountains of plastic out of a tributary of the Chongwe! The Chongwe river drains into the iconic Zambezi which cuts through the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park, a landscape infinitely rich in biodiversity. The great Zambezi river meets the vast slate of the Indian ocean in Southern Mozambique. The Lusaka City Council and the Minister of Green Economy Hon. Collins Nzovu will be participating in the event.

🌟 A myriad iconic animals call the National Park their “home”.

🌟 CAN YOU HELP with a small donation? Every little bit counts. If you cannot, no worries, please share our event on your page and with others who may contribute.

🙏🙏 To those who have already supported this significant event in Luska/Zambia, mahalo nui loa from the heart. #Gratitude.

Nov

14

Nature Not Money – GMFER and Partners at CoP19,

14 - 25 November 2022

Date and Time

November 14, 2023

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location

Panama Convention Center, Panama

⚈ GMFER, PWCC and our partners represented the many thousands of global voices standing for wildlife at CITES CoP19 in Panama City, Panama in November 2022.

Read more about GMFER’s achievements at CoP19.

Date and Time

January 29, 2022

9:00 am – 10:00 pm

Location

Online Event

⚈ The VONG SDG Championship focuses on building a deeper understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals amongst students in the age group of 13 to 18 years.
⚈ The competition involves several contests such as analysis essays, group discussions, debates, a talent show, trivia pop quizzes, a hackathon and live tweeting. The goal is to inspire the youth to change the world with their energy, ideas and problem solving approach.

WATCH THE VIRTUAL LIVE EVENT HERE!

⚈ Through the #VONGMovement, global youth engage with communities, experts, and authorities employing multiple avenues and strategies – individually and in teams. The new generation is empowered to make informed opinions and engage in discussions with confidence and rigor.
⚈ By motivating the new generation to stand up to secure their right to good health, quality education, and a clean planet we are preparing them to become social auditors of a better tomorrow.
⚈ Recognition and awards will be presented for outstanding participants.

Date and Time

January 22, 2022

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Location

Rajagiriya, Sri-Lanka

ජිවිතයට සමුදුන් අලි ඇතුන් ස්මරණය 2022

👉🏾 Loving === Engaging. Please attend! The event is Organized by RARE (Rally for Animal Rights and the Environment) in collaboration with ELEPHANTEA, #GMFER, the VIGIL founders and many others.

⚈ The event represents Sri-Lanka’s participation in the Worldwide Vigil For Elephants 2022 and in solidarity with elephant lovers across the globe.
⚈ The event will commemorate the deaths of elephant calves and their mothers who were the victims of elephant smuggling in Sri-Lanka, the 369 wild elephants who lost their lives to HEC (Human Elephant Conflict) in Sri-Lanka, in 2021, and the 57 elephants who died in captivity, globally; these latter elephants include Menika and Kandula who were “exported” from Sri Lanka.
⚈ The event raises public awareness and is suitable for all ages. Please be there with your loved ones. We intend to demonstrate our love and care for the conservation, welfare and rights of elephants.
⚈ You can read about #GMFER’s campaigns and programs on our website. Here: 👉🏼 GMFER

We would love to hear from you!

Date and Time

November 25, 2021

12:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Location

Online Event

“If You Want To Walk Fast, Walk Alone. If You Want To Walk Far, Walk Together”

Please support our work!

👉🏾 Loving Earth === Giving Earth. Please GIVE!

Who are we and what are we raising funds for?

⚈ #GMFER centers the human voice in the battle to protect our common heritage, our home, our earth.
⚈ We are a small and dynamic organization with a wide reach. We engage in campaigns and programs that creatively disrupt conventional conservation paradigms and effect meaningful change for human and animal communities.
⚈ You can read about our campaigns and programs on our website. Here: 👉🏼 GMFER

And you can write to us here:
gmfer@gmfer.org
OR
here: march4elesandrhinos@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you!

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