On Thursday 23rd November, the #ERP team was at Woodhill Golf Estate in Pretoria for the Oeboentoe Golf Day. Thank you to all who were able to spare a moment and and pop in at hole number 12 to learn more about our different  #ERP initiatives. Some lucky individuals will be joining us for a rhino de-horning experience soon.

Exciting News: We started with cleaning of the Pfananani Skills Training Centre over the past few days. This is a centre located in Kekana Gardens, a community adjacent to Dinokeng Game Reserve where ERP has a footprint. We will take over management of the centre for the next 10-12 months, where we will be introducing various training courses to directly benefit the community. Among other courses will be adult basic literacy, basic coding, agriculture and access to information through setting up of an IT centre. Apart from the training component, we will be creating jobs for community members who will be working at the centre to ensure its successful day to day running. This intervention is directly in line with the ERP vision which is to alleviate poverty through the conservation of elephants and rhinos.

The ERP team were out in full force over the weekend at the Diamond Rush mountain bike race in Cullinan South Africa.
The aim was to race awareness about the #BIKES4ERP program. Some kids in South Africa walk more than 10 kilometers(6 miles) to school everyday.
With #BIKES4ERP a child is given a bicycle, to assist him/her to complete their education and travel faster to school.
Robert from the Elephant Management Unit were following the riders with a vehicle, picking up cyclists with mechanical problems or assisting with injured cyclists. With this initiative we show the public that we care for Elephants and Rhinos but also care for people in need.
We had about 10 riders riding with ERP shirts to raise further awareness about various ERP projects. These riders assist further with mechanical breakdowns on the race.
The ultimate example was set when one of our own ERP members had a big crash and got hurt. Nicolai and Karel from the ERP team pushed Gert that was injured, all the way home for over 10 kilometers, cycling next to him and motivating him to hang on. People’s comments along the route were “With friends like that you can go to war”.
This just showed the team spirit that exist within ERP to help Elephants, Rhinos an People.
We even at 2 kids Boitumelo Leboea 16years and Olerato Leboea 8 years completing the 10 kilometer race.
We all had a great day with lots op exposure for ERP