Road construction in Thuma
Sponsor a road or track in Thuma Forest Reserve and we will name it as you like!
No roads – no income – no
funds for conservation!
Thuma Forest Reserve has to
become self- sufficient. This can be realized if tourism
infrastructures like roads provide reliable access to the reserve.
Due to financial constrains
only the main access road to the main camp and the extension to the
centre of the reserve is maintained. All other roads
previously prepared are overgrown or washed out
by heavy rains. Even the existing roads are only usable by 4x4
vehicles.
About 74 km of roads and
tracks need to be build or rehabilitated. Total costs: about 36.000
Euro.
This will provide hundreds
of urgently needed jobs and income for the poor rural families
living around Thuma!
No road construction
machinery will be used, we prefer to pay salaries and give an income to people.
Here is your chance to
have a road in
3.500 Euro will pay for
7,5 km of road. Thereafter costs of 250 Euro / year for maintenance
arise for another three years!
If you sponsor that, we
will name the road as you like, for example
For every year for which
you extend the sponsoring for "your" stretch of road with 250 Euro/year, the road
keeps the given name.
You will get:
-
a certificate of ownership
-
a map of Thuma Forest Reserve with your stretch of road on it and the GPS-coordinates
-
a demarcation of your stretch of road on Google Maps
-
a signpost with your chosen name at the road
But any other donation
towards the road construction in Thuma Forest Reserve ist of course most
welcome!
Project goal is:
- To rehabilitate and modify the existing roads (see black lines on the map) so they are passable by a saloon car, and
- to extend the road network
passable for a 4x4 vehicle (see red lines on the map) which are
important for game drives for eco- tourism but also to curb poaching
and illegal cutting of trees.
