OUR MISSION
Seek and protect natural and cultural heritage for current and future generations.
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SCOTTISH AFRICAN
CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION
Find out more*Friends of Hwange Trust is 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 carbon offset initiative project was designed and launched in 2015 to offset the Phatisa’s carbon footprint through a protected carbon sequestration area and is currently maintained in partnership with the EverEden Foundation and Goldenlay – a Phatisa portfolio company – Miombo woodlands, Luanshya, Zambia.
OUR PROJECTS
In keeping with their deep love for Africa, Duncan Owen and Izelle le Roux-Owen, founding members of Phatisa, founded the EverEden Foundation (previously the Phatisa Foundation) in 2015 to complement the private equity firm’s impact investment portfolio.
The Foundation has continued to provide funding to a number of handpicked projects in Africa and more recently Scotland, collaborating with community initiatives, interest groups, and experts in the fields of carbon sequestration, historical building preservation, wildlife preservation, and water management. EverEden offers its beneficiaries continuous support as it recognises that long-lasting positive change does not come from one-time initiatives.
It’s critical to start thinking about a commitment to change as not just the decision, but all of what comes after that decision is made.
*The Monteath Mausoleum is a grand Victorian monument, standing alone on the skyline just east of the A68 at Gersit Law, part of the ancient geological ridge known as Lilliards Edge. Shocked by the neglect, local volunteers campaigned for the full restoration of the building and officially opened to visitors mid 2019 – Ancrum, Scottish Border, Scotland.
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 National Park, Zimbabwe |
| Friends of Hwange: Solar-powered water pumps, maintenance and facility support |
2016 – present |
Nairobi and Malindi, Kenya |
| Ocean Sole Africa: Beach flip-flop recycling and community support |
2017 – 2020 |
Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Single-use plastic clean-ups and awareness leaflet distribution campaigns |
2017 – 2019 |
Miombo Woodlands, Zambia |
| Carbon sequestration project |
2016 – present |
Kasongo Community, Zambia |
| Goldenlay: Kasongo Primary School sanitary facilities, potable water delivery and maintenance |
2020 |
Daru, Sierra Leone |
| Potable water delivery and maintenance |
2016 – 2020 |
Kamfer Dam, South Africa |
| Lesser flamingo rescue and rewinding |
2019 |
Cape Fynbos Floral Kingdom, South Africa |
| Fauna and flora conservation area |
2020 – 2024 |
Monteath Douglas Mausoleum, Scotland |
| Historic building conservation project |
2022 – present |
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 WE WILL NEVER FIND
PEACE OR SOLACE
OUR PARTNERS
* An unprecedented rescue mission was launched in early 2019 after endangered flamingos were forced to abandon thousands of eggs and newborn chicks because of a shortage of water in the Kamfers Dam, Kimberley, South Africa.
IMPACT CREATED
The Foundation is committed to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and we believe we must do our part to assist in achieving these by 2030. It is our responsibility to build the future we envision for our world and we are not prepared to turn our back on Africa despite the magnitude of its challenges.
EverEden’s 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* where people and wildlife can access water, where the environment is free from single-use plastic pollution and where communities are supported to empower themselves through innovative and sustainable initiatives we can achieve the Global Goals; one contribution at a time, one step at a time, all working together.
‘Heritage—cultural and natural, tangible and intangible—is an evolving resource that supports identity, memory and ‘sense of place’, and has a crucial role in achieving sustainable development. It enables social cohesion, fosters socio-economic regeneration and poverty reduction, strengthens social well-being, improves the appeal and creativity of regions and enhances longterm stakeholder benefits.’ – As expressed in the Paris Declaration on Heritage as a Driver of Development (ICOMOS, 2011a).
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Constructive change requires us to step forward and acknowledge our responsibility to shape 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
EverEden Foundation
Factsheet (2015 – 2022) |
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Solar array going up at Kennedy 1, Hwange National Park
(Zimbabwe) |
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Operation Save Flamingos
(South Africa) |
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Kasongo Primary School project in partnership with the Goldenlay Mangement team
(Zambia) |
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Turning flip flops into art with Ocean Sole
(Kenya) |
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The Children’s Hospital Trust
(South Africa) |
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The Monteath Douglas Victorian Tomb Monument
(Scotland) |
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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 holds the largest Elephant population in the world
(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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Why is the Cape Floral Kingdom a World Heritage Site?
(South Africa) |
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Friends of the Monteath Mausoleum – community heritage project
(Scotland) |
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Friends of Hwange News Update – March 2023
(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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