Zambezi Society appeal for International Members

Source: The Zambezi Society

Date: 24 October 2007

Author: Anon

HELP KEEP THE ZAMBEZI WILD!
PLEASE RENEW YOUR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP.

We are delighted to tell you that The Zambezi Society’s international membership payment systems are now ready to receive your membership subscriptions (and donations) in time for our 25th Anniversary year!

Towards the end of 2006, we changed our international banking facilities. This coincided with the annual renewal of Zambezi Society Membership. During the setting up of the banking facilities, we did not want to confuse our members until we had everything perfectly in place. Although this was achieved by January 2007, we had missed our membership cycle and so decided to wait until the 2007/2008 cycle to send out renewals.

Attached to this e-mail you will find information and a form telling you how to pay your 2007/2008 membership subscription via the new system and renew your support for The Zambezi Society’s conservation activities in some of the finest wilderness areas in the world.

Although you skipped a subscription year, we hope you have enjoyed receiving our newsletters in the interim. You have been a generous supporter of our activities in the past. We need your support more than ever now. Please renew your membership immediately and strengthen this commitment.

Celebrate 25 years with us!
The Zambezi Society has been in existence for 25 years. This is a cause for celebration! We are proud of the considerable achievements of our first quarter-century, and are delighted to be as active and committed as ever, despite an economic and political climate which makes life as a non-profit conservation organisation in the Zambezi region extremely challenging.

25 years on, the Zambezi river basin remains our focus of attention under four broad themes: wildlife, wilderness, water & wetlands and protected area support. Under these themes we undertake various activities in the Zambezi basin states, particularly in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Currently these include:
· providing a community voice for people concerned with issues and developments taking place in the Zambezi region;
· advocacy, lobbying and policy development to help conserve Zambezi biodiversity and wilderness and to encourage sound, basin-wide planning which values these resources.
· biological research on Zambezi species: black rhinos, carnivores, elephants
· training & education in species and wilderness awareness and management
· support for protected areas – purchasing equipment and supplies for National Park stations
· disseminating information about the Zambezi’s important biodiversity and wilderness values - through posters, leaflets, the print media and the Internet.

Fill in the form
Please take some time to study the International Membership Form attached. You will note that payments can now be made in various ways:
· Standing Order (monthly or yearly) – preferred option for UK members only
· Cheque in UK£ or US$ yearly (UK and USA members)
· Credit Card yearly payment (USA members)
· International Credit Card via our website link http://www.zamsoc.org/html/online.html (all international members)

Previous Standing Orders
IF YOU HAD A PREVIOUS STANDING ORDER MEMBERSHIP ARRANGEMENT WITH OUR FORMER SISTER ORGANISATION, THE ZAMBEZI SOCIETY (UK), THIS IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE STOPPED THIS AS ADVISED. YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE NEW S.O. DETAILS ON THE ATTACHED FORM IN ORDER TO START THE PROCESS AGAIN THROUGH THIS NEW SYSTEM.

E-mail us
Please note that, in addition to our usual e-mail address zambezi@mweb.co.zw, we also have a special e-mail address for all international membership correspondence: membership@zamsoc.org
Drop us an e-mail once you have renewed your membership. This will help us to trace your payment and to ensure that your e-mail address is retained on mailing lists and you continue to receive your Zambezi Society newsletters.

Spread the word
Please tell your friends and colleagues about The Zambezi Society and direct them to our website if they share our passion for the African landscapes, wildlife and wilderness values of the Zambezi river and wish to make a contribution to conserving these into the future.

This very special African wild area needs all the support it can get. Now, more than ever before.

PLEASE HELP KEEP THE ZAMBEZI WILD!

The Zambezi Society - Harare
P O Box HG774, Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 (0)4 747002-5
E-mail: zambezi@mweb.co.zw