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Mother Africa Trust

Mother Africa Trust has supported communities bordering Hwange National Park and Matobo in Zimbabwe since 2006. Run in partnership with the Amalinda Safari Collection, with a portion of every guest’s lodge stay going directly to the Trust, it operates on a simple conviction: conservation only succeeds when the people living alongside wildlife benefit from its survival. The Trust builds classrooms and waiting rooms for expectant mothers, awards scholarships, funds student field trips into national parks, and has built a primary school near Matobo that now educates 65 children who previously walked over 10 miles round-trip each day. Its anti-poaching unit has removed over 7,000 snares from the Hwange concession since 2012. It has constructed 30+ lion-proof cattle bomas to reduce human-wildlife conflict, supports the Ethandweni Children’s Home, and runs the Walk In My Shoes initiative distributing shoes to children in rural communities. Since 2010, Amalinda Safari Collection has donated nearly one million dollars to community and conservation work through the Trust.

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Conservation & Anti-Poaching

The Mother Africa Trust’s anti-poaching unit operates along the Amalinda concession bordering Hwange National Park: 14 rangers who have removed over 7,000 snares since 2012, covering 180km on foot each month. With no fence separating the concession from the park, their work protects wildlife across the wider area. The Trust also builds lion-proof cattle bomas in communities along the Hwange border: 30+ built to date, protecting up to 120 cattle from nighttime attacks and reducing the motivation for retaliatory lion killing.

Education & Community Programs

The Trust funds student field trips into Hwange and Matobo national parks. Near Matobo, it has built a primary school now educating 65 children who previously walked more than 10 miles daily to the nearest classroom. In Hwange, the Trust funds scholarships, builds classrooms, supports the Ethandweni Children’s Home for 42 orphaned children, and provides ongoing care for the Dete Old Age Home, the only elderly care facility in the wider Hwange area. The Walk In My Shoes initiative has distributed over 200 pairs of shoes to children and families in rural communities.

How Your Deeper Africa Safari Supports the Trust

Every Amalinda Safari Collection lodge stay includes a Community and Conservation Levy that flows directly into the Trust’s programs. When you travel with Deeper Africa to Zimbabwe, your journey funds the anti-poaching patrols, the lion-proof bomas, the school near Matobo, and the children’s home in Hwange. Seeing lions in the wild and protecting the communities that live alongside them are not separate things. They are the same safari.

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Mother Africa Trust

Mother Africa Trust community program near Hwange National Park Zimbabwe — supported by Deeper Africa's Zimbabwe With Kids safari
Mother Africa Trust program participants near Hwange National Park Zimbabwe — community development funded through responsible safari travel
Mother Africa Trust anti-poaching operations near Hwange National Park Zimbabwe — 7000 snares removed since 2012
Mother Africa Trust school near Matobo Zimbabwe — built to serve 65 children who previously walked 10 miles daily to school
Lion-proof cattle boma built by Mother Africa Trust near Hwange National Park Zimbabwe — reducing human-wildlife conflict
Ethandweni Children's Home supported by Mother Africa Trust near Matobo Zimbabwe — housing 42 orphaned children
Mother Africa Trust community outreach near Hwange Zimbabwe — Walk In My Shoes initiative distributing shoes to rural children
Mother Africa Trust wildlife education field trip near Hwange National Park Zimbabwe — students from rural schools learning about conservation
Mother Africa Trust community program participants near Matobo Hills Zimbabwe — education and conservation funded through Deeper Africa safaris
Dete Old Age Home supported by Mother Africa Trust near Hwange Zimbabwe — elderly care funded through safari ecotourism
Mother Africa Trust beekeeping program near Hwange Zimbabwe — income generation for women in rural communities

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