Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape released their first-ever shoe with local South African shoemaker Veldskoen Shoes in the hopes of raising funds for the Kariega Foundation.
Kariega is home to Thandi the Rhino who miraculously survived a near-fatal attack back in 2012 when three white rhinos were brutally poached in the reserve. One died that night and shortly afterwards, the second bull passed away.
When you purchase a pair of Kariega Veldskoen, profits are donated towards the Kariega Foundation in support of their conservation programme to preserve the wilderness and protect its rhinos while uplifting the surrounding community.
‘Together, through sales of the Kariega Veldskoen, we aim to generate funding that will support numerous and diverse projects that flow from our core motives to protect and preserve our natural heritage as well as uplift and educate our neighbouring communities so that, together, we may reform that which threatens its existence and build a conservation community that works collectively to rejuvenate our planet, people and wildlife,’ Kariega Foundation Director Lindy Sutherland says.
Thandi and her calf seen wandering in the Kariega Game Reserve in 2015. Photo credit: Adrian Steirn/ Getaway Gallery
The Kariega Foundation is a non-profit trust working in partnership with Kariega Game Reserve to create a sustainable eco-tourism model that delivers on a holistic mandate to protect and preserve the Kariega wilderness and uplift the people and communities that live in and around the reserve.
The vision is to build a conservation community that works collectively to rejuvenate our planet, people and wildlife.
The Kariega Veldskoen shoe is a handmade, luxury nubuck chukka boot, fully leather lined with TR soles. It includes a rhino motif to honour the rhinos in need of protection over the heel arch, below the instantly recognisable Veldskoen trademark flag.
The shoes are unisex retail at R1699 and are available to purchase online at www.veldskoen.com and at the Kariega Game Reserve curio shop and range from size 2 UK – 14 UK.
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