Saving Painted Dogs Through Action and Education
Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) is a non-profit organisation located on the border of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. PDC’s mission is to protect and increase the range and numbers of painted dogs.
We began supporting PDC in 2024 by funding the recreation of their Wilton Nsimango’s Bush Camp workbook, making it a far more engaging educational tool for the 100’s of children that attend the bush camp each year. The Trust has also developed an education pack for the bush camp that will have various stationary items and workbook in a take home backpack.
Every year, PDC hosts almost 1,000 local grade-six children at the Wilton Nsimango Children’s Bush Camp. Each student stays four days and gets to see painted dogs in a way they never have before—up close and personal at the PDC Rehabilitation Facility. The camp is based in teak woodlands on the border of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, and attendance is free of charge for the local children. Since the program began, more than 15,000 (as of 2021) children have attended the Camp.
Education and outreach program
PDC employees showing members of the BLT their operation
