World Youth Rhino Summit - World Rhino Day

Everyone has settled in well and is making lots of new friends from across the world! The Summit is located in the middle of the iMfolozi Game Reserve and based around a huge geodesic dome. They are sleeping in tents that hold 10 people on foam mattresses. The camp is surrounded by electric fences to keep out the animals and patrolled by armed guards. It’s quite an experience.

It is 6am here and the camp is starting to come alive. It is World Rhino Day and we have some rock stars of conservation talking today. The students are in groups of 10 and there are sessions throughout the day where they work through different aspects of the poaching crisis.

It is fantastic to have representation from NZ here and personally very satisfying that our students are contributing on the global stage.