Whereas learning communications and enterprise administration in school, Annic developed a ardour for philanthropy, and started working for not-for-profit associations in Madagascar. Quick ahead to 2013, Annic packed her baggage and moved to the Massive Apple, New York Metropolis. She joined Wild Tomorrow Fund this March as our workplace and challenge administrator. This yr will probably be her first marathon, working for the wildlife she cares deeply about. Annic notably loves her nation’s very particular sifaka (all of that are threatened or endangered), and likewise the unimaginable baobab bushes.
As a community-level associate, Wild Tomorrow Fund’s “Staff Elephant” runners should every elevate $3,000 to assist us defend wildlife and wild locations in southern Africa. Funds raised will assist us to avoid wasting and restore our wildlife hall in South Africa, which can broaden and reconnect wild house for elephants, rhinos, leopards, lions and different threatened species together with dwarf chameleons, valuable orchids and different ‘little issues’ that every one matter within the complicated net of interconnected life.
“This yr, I made a decision to problem myself and I’m dedicating my run to a trigger that’s essential to me,” says Annic on her private fundraising web page. “Rising up in Madagascar, I’ve cultivated a love of wildlife and animals but additionally witnessed the challenges of biodiversity and habitat loss domestically primarily from wildfires and looking. Previously years, I’ve actively sought methods to grow to be extra instantly concerned in advocating for our planet and its inhabitants. I’ve been personally impressed with the deep impression Wild Tomorrow Fund has had in Africa.”
“Folks usually ask me why do I run?” mentioned Annic. “I run for the love of working! I cherish the ‘ME’ time whereas I’m working, I benefit from the music and the beat, the view, and I get to admire the attractive surroundings.”