Greetings!
As 2025 comes to a close, we are reflecting on one of the greatest challenges facing conservation in the communities surrounding Victoria Falls: human–wildlife conflict.
Each year, families living along the borders of protected areas such as Zambezi National Park and nearby communal lands face the daily reality of sharing their homes with wildlife. Lions and hyenas prey on livestock that often represent a family’s entire livelihood. Elephants, in search of food and water, destroy crops and can threaten human lives.
When this happens, families can lose everything in a single night — and both people and wildlife suffer the consequences.
At VFWT, we are working alongside communities to change this story.
Through mobile, predator-proof bomas, we help farmers protect their livestock from lions and hyenas at night, dramatically reducing losses and preventing retaliatory killings. Our chilli-based elephant deterrent programmes empower farmers to safely defend their fields, fostering peaceful coexistence between people and elephants.
But we cannot do this work without your support.
Your year-end gift can make a tangible difference to ensuring this vital work continues next year:
- USD 25 — helps supply chilli briquettes to one household for an entire farming season
- USD 100 — supports our 24-hour wildlife hotline, alerting communities when animals move into their areas
- USD 250 — helps repair mobile predator-proof bomas, keeping them in the field and protecting livestock and livelihoods
- USD 2500 — funds one new mobile boma capable of protecting up to 200 head of livestock, supporting as many as 20 households
This work is not just about equipment. It’s about building lasting capacity. Your donation helps train conservation scientists and field teams to master powerful tools that make every mission safer, smarter, and more effective.
Together, we can turn technology into a force for conservation.
Learn more about our Human-Wildlife Conflict work by checking out the video below:
Your support can prevent conflict — and save lives. Every donation helps protect both wildlife and livelihoods in one of Africa’s most iconic landscapes.
Together, we can build a future where people and wildlife not only survive — but thrive.
For Wild Africa,
Roger Parry
Wildlife and Research Manager
VICTORIA FALLS WILDLIFE TRUST
PO Box 159, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | +263 782 799 006
PO Box 23183, San Diego, CA 92193 | 619-602-1725
9 The Clock Tower, Redlers Waterside, Dudbridge Rd., Stroud GL5 3LH, UK
+44 (0)74 76 227 684
Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust | PO Box 23183 | San Diego, CA 92193 US
