My Nonprofit Reviews

I just returned from two weeks with the Wild Tomorrow team as part of their volunteer conservation program. Truly, there is no way to express my amazement, gratitude, and sheer joy for this spectacular group of people and their program. In addition to enthusiastic and engaging personalities, their combined knowledge of birds, game animals, insects, fish, flowers, and South African cultural traditions was head-exploding!

The volunteer work included species ID and vegetation surveys, planting in a sand forest, assisting with bird banding, weeding invasive species, demonstrating plant pressing for species ID, and doing a couple of small projects at one of the local creches of 3-5 yr. olds that receives support from Wild Tomorrow.
In between we went on several safari drives, witnessed a rhino dehorning firsthand, swam in tidepools at Sodwana Bay, took a riverboat in St. Lucia to see hippos and river birds, and joined the family of one of the staff for a traditional South African meal.

No matter the activity, one or more of the Wild Tomorrow staff was always with us, answering our non-stop multitudinous questions about species ID and behavior, as well as participating in every activity with us side by side. I am just beginning to go through my photos and notes and am amazed all over again at how much got packed into our stay--it was like taking a semester-long graduate course in just two weeks! I cannot recommend this nonprofit highly enough, especially its environment volunteer opportunities which meant having personal involvement with the land and its people.