Melville Koppies: Get Involved
In the Melville Koppies community too few people do too many things. We always need help.
There are many ways you could get involved.
Make a donation
Any amount, however small, helps us fund the conservation work.
Our banking details are:
Nedbank
Campus Square
Branch, code 158 105
Account holder: Melville
Koppies Management Committee
Account number: 1581
017 421
Email us or use your email address as
a reference so that we can acknowledge your
donation.
Conservation
At the moment a core team of three people do all the conservation work on our 160 hectares.
If you have free time in the week and would like to spend some hours outdoors
you would be most welcome.
Guiding and walking
We have a small team of guides. If you would like to become a guide you could join us
on open days and learn from the others. We have plenty of material to help you learn the
basics (most of it is on this website) including a set of notes prepared by one of our
guides, Don Gair. It is work in progress, available here.
If you are interested in FGASA accreditation you could become a Site Guide. If you are working
towards Field Guide accreditation our Open Days provide a good opportunity to put in
the required guiding hours.
On the other hand you may prefer just to walk - if so we are always keen to know people
who would organise and lead group walks.
Public Relations
We depend on public awareness to keep the Reserve going. Newspapers, magazines, radio
and TV are our lifeline. If you have a talent for public relations, or good contacts,
your help would be much appreciated.
Fund raising
Corporate donations are hard to come by, but again, if you have talents or good contacts
we really need that kind of help. This is not easy because we only have a few capex projects
which a business could put a "donated by..." sign on. The challenge is to find
maintenance funds, and you can't put a "donated by..." sign on a pile of dead weeds.
One important reason for donations is to enable us to put our workers on contracts.
At the moment their employment is a little precarious.
Catering
We don't do "functions" at the Koppies but we do have an AGM, and also quite often have
small "thank you" gatherings for people who have been kind to us. So if you have a talent
for snacks, we have the need.
If you can help in any of these ways or have any other ideas please phone or email us:
+27 11 482 4797 or
fomk@mk.org.za
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