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Save cheetahs, save the world.
Organized by Carine Boekee
22 oz. Copper Vacuum Insulated Water Bottle
- Sizes One Size
About this campaign
The earth is losing species at an alarming rate and a loss of biodiversity means loss of a livable earth. While cheetahs are only one of many species trying to outrun extinction, helping them survive will in turn help other species too, as we're working to combat habitat loss and help people live conflict-free with predators.
Joris (kids4cheetahs) has been fundraising since 2014 for N/a'an ku sê, a wildlife sanctuary in Namibia whose innovative approaches to solving human-carnivore conflict situations are having an immediate impact to local wildlife populations.
All money raised will go directly to the sanctuary's research department to help mitigate human-carnivore conflict and protect habitat.
This year's shirt has been designed by Jordyn Hill, a very talented 9th grader at Sturgeon Heights school in St. Albert, Canada! We are so excited about this international collaboration!
This year's shirts have been selected to be softer than the ones offered last year. We are also thrilled to be able to offer reusable totes / grocery bags as well as water bottles; so you can truly help save cheetahs AND help save the world!
For shirts, go here: https://www.customink.com/fundraising/savethecheetahs-2019
For bags, go here: https://www.customink.com/fundraising/savethecheetahs-totebag
Seattle area orders are welcome to have shirts delivered to Joris' house in Queen Anne and picked up there or in SLU to save on shipping costs. People who will be at N/a'an ku sê on or after June 27, 2019 can order and use Joris' address as well - we will bring the shirts with us.
Please check out the list of countries Custom Ink ships to; more countries are now included!
You can follow Joris / kids4cheetahs on Instagram and Facebook at kids4cheetahs.
In October of 2016, Joris flew to San Francisco to present at the Young Eco Hero Awards. You can watch his presentation on cheetah conservation below.
This is Joris' sixth year fundraising to help save cheetahs living in the wild! Cheetahs have been his favorite animal as long as he can remember. When he read about the very real possibility that cheetahs might become extinct in his lifetime, he was very distraught and asked how he can help to prevent that from happening. He was 6 years old at that time.
Ever since, Joris and his mom have been fundraising to try to help the cheetahs. They have an online fundraiser, have run many lemonade stands, wrote to businesses for support, sold flowers and held rollerskating parties. So far, he has raised well over $25,000 to help the researchers at N/a'an ku sê continue their important work.
N/a'an ku sê is a wildlife sanctuary that cares for injured and orphaned wildlife, with the ultimate goal to re-release them in the wild. One of their efforts that has been proven to be highly successful is talking to farmers and helping them come up with better solutions other than shooting the predators (cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs and hyenas). This is called human-wildlife mitigation. It's so important as every farmer they get to agree to not shoot cheetahs helps animals survive and have a larger safe-zone to exist.
Cheetah Joris:
Joris feels so strongly about saving cheetahs that he spends his summer vacations volunteering at N/a'an ku sê. He helps clean enclosures, prepare food and feed the animals and helps with research efforts - an important part of ultimate species' survival.
Joris wants to become a wildlife biologist or researcher and work at N/a'an ku sê full-time when he grows up. He is confident that he can help contribute to cheetahs' survival. Will you help too?
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Thank you Joris for all that you do for Cheetah conservation!!
Because Joris is my hero.
Supporter of Naankuse!
I love cheetahs since I saw them in Namibia, especially N/a`an ku sè Wildlife Sanctuary 5 years ago, so I not only understand Joris but wish him the best for this campaign and his future plans! Go on!!!
Team Cheetah! Rawr! Hiss! *snore*
My grandson is involved in this mission