Elephant Bake Sale - Supporting Elephant Rescue in Kenya

Hydie Cheung is organizing this fundraiser to benefit The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA.

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My name is Reideen. I am 5 years old. I live in California. I like African elephants because they are cute and smart. I read a book about an elephant named Star and I want to help African elephants*. I want to make a bake sale and raise money for them. It’s African elephant teatime! Money will be used to help baby elephants. Maybe I will make elephant cookies for the bake sale. Thank you for your elephant support!!!

~ Reideen (June 27, 2024)

* Note: Star is actually an Asian elephant.

Hi, friends and family. My name is Hydie. I'm here to support my daughter Reideen, a kindergartener and homeschooler from Southern California, on her campaign to help African elephants.

What motivated Reideen to launch this campaign?

Reideen is an animal lover and she loves to read. She recently borrowed a book titled Surviving the Wild: Star the Elephant by Remi Lai from the local library. The story talks about challenges faced by elephants and introduces children to elephant rescue work. She was so touched by the story that she expressed an immediate interest to organize a bake sale to raise money for rescuing African elephants. She wants to help rescuing wild elephants in Africa, especially orphaned baby elephant calves. I am helping her here to set up this website to spread the words. Feel free to follow our updates on her bake sale efforts. Thank you for your support!

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Why are African Elephants important?

African elephants are important because they help maintaining suitable habitats for other species. Being the largest land animal, they help to spread seeds and create clearings and paths in the woodlands for animals and new plants to grow. Their dung can be used as fertilizer, fuel, coffee brew, pest control, and medicine. They also help to attract tourists to sustain local economy.

Why are they endangered?

African elephants' population has significantly decreased from 10 million in 1930 to only 415,000 as of 2018 (according to WWF). They are endangered because of the following reasons: (1) increasing human-wildlife conflict due to urban development and deforestation, (2) ivory poaching, (3) bushmeat poaching, (4) and climate change (drought, bushfire, floods, etc.).

Who are we raising money for and how does this organization support elephant rescue?

We are raising money to benefit The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA, who provides financial and technical support to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) in Kenya. SWT operates several wildlife conservation initiatives, including rescuing, rehabilitating and re-introducing into the wild, orphaned elephants and rhinos.

Your generous donation will help to support SWT's projects directly, including orphans' project, aerial surveillance, anti-poaching, canine unit, community outreach, saving habitats, eco lodges, veterinary unit, and water for wildlife.

Here is a video of their work: