Wildlife Camp works in a close relationship with the Wildlife and Environmental
Conservation Society of Zambia. We donate 60% of our accommodation revenue to
this organization and provide support on their various projects.
The WECSZ strives to promote
public participation in caring for Zambia. The Society was founded in 1953 and
is the oldest and most established wildlife and environmental (non-governmental)
organisation in the country. Their mission statement reads as follows:
"The mission of the Society is to spearhead environmental awareness at all levels
of the community, promote the wise use of natural resources and to become the most
effective independent environmental action group in Zambia."
In 2010/2011 the society’s main project is building an education centre on a beautiful
piece of land overlooking a permanent lagoon – not far from Wildlife Camp itself – to
be used for providing young Zambian children with hands-on animal and conservation
experience. This centre will provide affordable accommodation for the society to launch
any other conservation and education projects in the future.
The society’s most famous work was Operation Noah. In 1957 the Society mobilised international
resources to rescue animals that would have otherwise been drowned or stranded by the rising 
waters of the newly created Lake Kariba. When the rescue work of Operation Noah was completed,
the assets were sold and the proceeds used to create the Wildlife Trust Limited whose purpose
was one of supporting the work of the Society. Around the same time, came a name change to the
Wildlife Conservation Society of Northern Rhodesia.
The WECSZ head office is in Lusaka and there is a branch office in Chipata. Wildlife Camp
proudly donates 60% of your accommodation fees paid to us to the Society and in that way you
are contributing to support local wildlife and education for Zambian school children in the
conservation of their natural history.
