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Welcome to our family online!
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
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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:
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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;
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To initiate action to further the aims of the Society provided this
is acceptable, where appropriate, to the Government or
Department concerned;
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To promote and sponsor education, training and dissemination
of information in any of the disciplines of conservation to further
the aims of the Society;
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To recruit new members world wide and to promote and publicise
the aims of the Society;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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Bank Details:
Friends of
Pilanesberg
Acc Number:
1514221241
Branch code 151405
Nedbank, Randpark
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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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