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Destruction was our past, Conservation is our future!

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The Friends of the Pilansberg is a voluntary society which supports the
 North-West parks board with  conservation of the the few natural areas of
 the province.

FOPS operates in the following parks:
- Pilansberg National Park
- Borakalalo 
- Kgaswane Nature Reserve

Primary Objective

Within such legal restraints as may pertain at any given time, the aim of
the Society is the conservation of the habitat and the fauna and flora of
the Pilanesberg National Park and in any other area that the committee
 deems fit for any particular or exceptional reasons.

Subsidiary Objectives:

  • To raise funds and then to provide the funds plus any
    material, equipment, information, expertise, advice and
    publicity necessary to further the aims of the Society;

  • To initiate action to further the aims of the Society provided this
    is acceptable, where appropriate, to the Government or
     Department concerned;

  • To promote and sponsor education, training and dissemination
    of information in any of the disciplines of conservation to further
    the aims of the Society;

  • To recruit new members world wide and to promote and publicise
    the aims of the Society;

  • At the committee's discretion, to encourage and assist the
    establishment of branches of the Society anywhere in the world.
    Any such branch shall be subject to the terms of this Constitution
    and such administrative rules as may laid down by the
    Central Committee, being the Committee of the original Society;

  • To foster a spirit of friendship and co-operation between membership
    of the Society and the permanent and temporary residents of
    the Society's physical operating area in the furtherance of the aims
    of the Society;

  • To collect and accept subscriptions, donations, bequests,
    endowments and any other benefits from any source whatsoever to
    be used for the advancement of the aims of the Society;

  • To engage in any other activities as may be considered necessary
     or expedient in the furtherance of the interest of the Society and
    its aims.

Fundraising

The Society is a non-profit organisation that works in conjunction with
the
North West Parks & Tourism Board. Once a project has been
agreed on by the Board and the Friends of Pilanesberg Society
(FOPS) committee, the Society attempts to obtain funding through
both corporate and private sponsorship.

This is the ideal opportunity for you or your organisation to become involved
in the ongoing conservation of our environment. All donations will
be acknowledged in a manner most effective to the donor.

Our fundraising number is: 006-421 NPO

Donations are welcome and can be deposited directly into our
 bank account. Details on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice Board:

Workparty Dates for 2008

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Interest Weekends:

None to report currently

 

Sediba:

Next newsletter out on the 22nd August 2007

 

Current Projects:

1.Iron Age Site (Pberg)

2. Geographical Sites (Pberg)

3. Makorwane Hide Fence (Pberg)

4. Direction Cairns

 

Bank Details:

Friends of Pilanesberg
Acc Number: 1514221241
Branch code 151405
Nedbank, Randpark Ridge

 

Contact us:

For all correspondance except web issues, mail our secretary Brigitte Schrauwen.

For all Website & Sediba issues mail Cuan De Vries

 
 

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