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Here it is, don't wait anymore and order right now the new calendar for 2017 ready to be shipped to you. Twelve new photos of the Turgwe's family will help you to remember the Trust and to help the animals fighting the drought. Hippos featured this year are: Darrow,...

Dear Friends This is October 2016 update about the severe drought we are suffering. We need your help, any help. You, as a hippo supporter, as a compassionate animal lover, may think that you cannot make a difference when such a huge amount is required. BUT YOU CAN....

With the agreement of Laura Simpson (the author of the lines below), here is a reprint of a wonderful post published by Care2 on their blog. Visit our friends at  and the original post is here. We already knew Karen has a passion for hippos but reality is even greater...

The Turgwe Hippo Trust have had very special help this April from 18 children aged 6 to 7 years. They are in class 2 at Southwell School, in Hamilton, New Zealand. These 7 little girls and 11 little boys had a bake off and they have raised enough monies to help 3...

Africa Geographic just published an awesome post about hippos on the blog. Please visit urgently their blog at this address We are rebloging their first page, mentioning Karen and her passion for saving hippos in the Turgwe River.     Like many large mammals...

Dear Friends We are in a state of emergency as our rains appear to have failed. Normally our rains begin middle of November and finish by late April. To date we have only had six days where we had rain with a total of just over 5 inches (125mm). We need your help, any...

  Africa Geographic has just released a new post on their blog. Their original post is published at AfricaGeographic.com/blog/the-hippos-in-the-drought. The post was written by Karen.   I have lived through two droughts in the south-east Lowveld of Zimbabwe,...