Nature Connect was founded with the focus to expose youth to the outdoors whilst providing them with environmental education.
The majority of children come from impoverished and are exposed to crime and violence on a daily basis and where the environment is far from daily consideration. We capacitate the children to live sustainably in their communities in light of global environmental issues such as pollution and water scarcity. We also focus the programmes on supporting life sciences, numeracy and literacy elements within the national curriculum.
The other arm of Nature Connect is the Nature Care Fund which focuses on providing expertise to the City of Cape Town's Biodiversity Management Branch to assist in conserving many areas within the Biodiversity Network. Additionally, we run a skills development programme in partnership with the City of Cape Town for the up skilling of people from the local communities to develop them to follow a career in conservation.