Make a difference today

Your support directly transforms lives and protects our planet's precious wildlife. Join us in creating a lasting impact in Africa.

your Donation, their Future, your Share into the future

Every donation helps us support vulnerable children, strengthen communities and protect endangered wildlife across Africa. Choose the care group closest to your heart — or allow us to direct your support where it is needed most.

This is the most direct way to make the most out of every pound, dollar, or yen for those in need.

Feed a child

Food is the first step toward health, safety and learning. Your support helps provide nutritious meals and basic food assistance for vulnerable children, giving them the strength to grow, attend school and face each day with dignity.

Protect the last population

Mountain gorillas survive in fragile forest habitats that are increasingly affected by human pressure, habitat loss and disease risk. Your support helps protect gorilla habitats, strengthen monitoring and support community-based conservation around these extraordinary animals.

Enable opportunities

For many children and young people, transport is the barrier between need and opportunity. Your support can help provide safe transport to school, healthcare, training or community programmes — opening the door to a better future.

Elephant

Elephants are vital to Africa’s ecosystems, but they face threats from poaching, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict. Your donation helps support habitat protection, ranger efforts, migration corridors and community solutions that allow people and elephants to coexist.

Cheetah

The cheetah is one of Africa’s most iconic predators, but its future is threatened by habitat loss, illegal trade and conflict with humans. Your support helps protect open landscapes, improve monitoring and promote coexistence so cheetahs can remain in the wild.

Rhinoceros

Rhinos remain under severe threat from poaching and habitat loss. Your donation helps support protection, monitoring, ranger resources and conservation education — helping to keep rhinos safe and preserve their place in Africa’s wild landscapes.

Transparent and responsible giving

We are committed to the highest standards of financial integrity. Your trust is our priority.

Ensuring accountability

Every donation to The Ruzicka Foundation is treated as a responsibility. We maintain proper financial records and work with independent accounting support to ensure that donor funds are handled carefully and used in line with our non-profit purpose.

General donations are allocated across our active projects according to need — supporting vulnerable children, local communities and endangered wildlife across Africa.

Your trust matters. Your support goes where it can make a real difference.

Where applicable, donation receipts and Section 18A certificates are issued in accordance with SARS requirements.

Direct impact, real change

Every donation to The Ruzicka Foundation is treated as a responsibility. We know that donors give because they want to create real change — for vulnerable children, local communities and endangered wildlife across Africa.

That is why we keep our structure lean, transparent and purpose-driven. The Foundation is volunteer-led, and we do not deduct internal salaries or administrative overheads from your donation. Funds are directed towards carefully selected projects that support children’s welfare, education, healthcare, food assistance, community development and wildlife conservation.

General donations are allocated where they are needed most across our active projects. This allows us to respond responsibly to urgent needs while continuing to support long-term impact.

Our commitment is simple: your donation should reach the cause — not disappear into bureaucracy.