EWT Online Auction
EWT Online Auction for the Benefit of Species, Habitats and People
YOU are not just a bidder, YOU are our donation hero! Thank you for your incredible support!
To celebrate 50 years of conservation, the Endangered Wildlife Trust is offering you the opportunity to bid on some fantastic sponsored items via a fun online auction.
🕒 Bidding ends on June 9th, 2024 – don’t miss your chance!
Every bid counts. Every bid makes a difference. Join us now and be a part of something extraordinary!
The aim of the auction is to raise at least R300 000.00 for the EWT’s work to conserve threatened species and ecosystems in southern and East Africa to the benefit of all people.
The host for the live auction, which marks the end of the EWTs 50th anniversary celebrations, is The Expedition Project.
What started as one man’s dream in 1973 has grown into an unconquerable force in the fight against extinction. In the past 50 years, the EWT has achieved immeasurable gains for wildlife conservation, our natural heritage and resources, culture and livelihoods. We fight not only for species and their habitats but for the fundamental human right to an environment that is not harmful to one’s health and well-being.
The auction catalogue can be viewed here: https://charityauction.bid/ewt
Watch the live stream replay of the auction launch, showing you how it works, what items are available for bidding, and what we are fundraising for: https://streamyard.com/watch/juyYjq3wcVy9
For more information contact: auctions@theexpeditionproject.com or tammyb@ewt.org.za
A bit more about the auction:
What is the purpose of the auction? Hosting an auction such as this raises much needed funds for essential projects that The EWT does and boosts destination tourism for the amazing towns and communities where our sponsors have donated auction items from.  This, in turn, benefits people, jobs, well-being and everyone connected to the towns and communities where the projects and tourism takes place. Which can then in-turn revive small town economies.
What items will be auctioned? The auction comprises mainly special accommodation prizes, which are  based in wonderful parts of our beautiful country. These have been generously sponsored by our long-term supporters. Special thanks to go2africa, Thornybush, aHa hotels and lodges, Ritsako, Fleur de Soleil and many others. Special thanks to The Expedition Project for hosting our online auction.
Why those items? Where did the items come from? These items promote destination tourism which, in the long term benefits the communities living in proximity to the lodges and stays on auction.  These prizes have been sourced from both long-term and new supporters of The Endangered Wildlife Trust and The Expedition Project.  There is still time to get involved by donating items of any kind, and of course by supporting our auction. We are hosting an online auction which closes on 2 June, as well as two live auctions. One at our Copperleaf golf day on the 24th of May and the other at our Stellenbosch golf day on the 31 May. Products and services can be sponsored by using the form at the bottom of the Donors page here.