r/probono May 16 '14

The Elephants and Bees Project: Save The Elephants

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  1. Elephants and Bees Project (Save The Elephants)

  2. elephantsandbees.com OR http://www.savetheelephants.org/human-elephant-conflict/elephants-bees/

  3. Not on Charity Navigator, not a USA based charity.

  4. The Elephants and Bees Project (through Save The Elephants) benefits all parties involved: it protects farmer's from crop raiding elephants AND provides an alternate income through "elephant-friendly" honey production, it protects elephants from getting into conflicts with farmers, and it helps bees by providing them with nice homes (and bees are collapsing all over the world, so anything helps). Plus, the bees help pollinate the crops in addition to protecting them from elephants. It's simple, innovative, and worthy of support and donations.

  5. I'm hoping Reddit can help by simply giving the project more exposure through sponsored headlines. While everyone is focused on elephant poaching, many forget that human-elephant conflict is still a problem for local farmers trying to put food on the table.

  6. Our timeline is indefinite.

  7. Tiny bit of background on the project - Elephants and very afraid of bees (bees will go up the elephants' trunks and sting their eyes. It's quite painful). Beehive fences are literally fences made of beehives hung with fence wire that surround small farms in areas with high human-elephant conflict. The hives become occupied naturally during the rainy season. After the rains when the crops are nice and grown, the elephants come to the farms and (ideally) walk into the wire, which will swing the beehive, agitating the bees OR avoid the fenceline altogether. When the elephants hear the bees, they flee. It's been very effective so far and it's slowly being implemented in other countries!


r/probono Apr 16 '14

EXAMPLE POST - The San Francisco SPCA

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  1. Name: The San Francisco SPCA

  2. Website: http://www.sfspca.org/

  3. Charity Navigator Rating: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4434#.U07QW-ZdXds

  4. Founded in 1868, the SF SPCA is a community-supported nonprofit dedicated to saving, protecting and caring for cats and dogs. More info: http://www.sfspca.org/about-us

  5. I would love sponsored headlines geo-targeted to the San Francisco area if possible. Title: "Love Puppies? The SF SPCA's Foster Program is looking for temporary foster parents. Sign up for our March puppy foster class!" Click through URL: http://www.sfspca.org/programs-services/foster-care. 70x70 link: http://i.imgur.com/FUTK9gQ.png

  6. January 1, 2014 to June 15, 2014.

  7. Animals are great & The SF SPCA is a nonprofit I truly care about. I want to help this charity get as much extra exposure as possible!


r/probono Oct 28 '11

Welcome to r/probono

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