- Results
Impact
Every program ZWCF supports produces measurable, verifiable outcomes. Over 85,000 people live within the GMAs where we operate — alongside wildlife, in some of the most resource-constrained communities in rural Zambia.
1.3M+
ACRES UNDER INFLUENCE
GMA & community land — not including national parks
85,000+
PEOPLE IN OUR GMAS
Living alongside wildlife across 3 focus regions
~310
BOREHOLES DRILLED
~300 BCC + 10 Robertson rig · capacity 200 people/day per borehole
7
INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDS
Scout house · Teacher's house · Girls' dormitory · 34 classrooms · 63 miles graded · 3 airstrips
Anti-Poaching & Scout Support
Scout salaries, housing, K-9 units, and informant networks. The transport, food, and gear that make patrols and raids possible. A scout house built in the Mwanya community. Plans to train 50 additional scouts through the Nakaluma Game Scout School. Local scouts, given the power to secure their own land.
50 1
New Scouts Planned Scout House Built
Clean Water — Borehole Program
Our own drilling rig operates year-round across the Luangwa Valley. Through The Bushcamp Company, Brooke and Corby have already drilled approximately 300 boreholes — each with a capacity to serve approximately 200 people per day, though actual daily usage varies by location and season. With their own rig, 10 boreholes drilled so far. ZWCF target: 30 new boreholes per year, split between community water and dedicated wildlife water sources.
~300 200 10 30
Boreholes — BCC Daily Capacity Robertson Rig Annual Target
Roads & Infrastructure
The Robertson family's road grader maintains 63 miles of road annually — the Mfuwe-to-Mwanya route every May after the rains, roads inside South Luangwa National Park, and access routes throughout the broader valley. Three airstrips kept operational.
63 3
Miles Annually Airstrips
Education & Schools
A teacher's house built. A girls' dormitory completed. Books, school supplies, and soccer balls delivered directly to local schools. The Nakaluma Game Scout School trains community members for wildlife protection careers. Through BCC: 34 classrooms built and 350+ students currently on active scholarships.
34 350+
Classrooms — BCC Scholarships — BCC
Food, Clothing & Healthcare
Brooke Robertson personally leads delivery — into the villages, in person, hand in hand with community leadership. Emergency food relief. Life-saving malaria treatments. Bales of clothing brought to the village center. Help isn't a concept here — it is a physical reality for the communities we serve.
4,000+ 50
Daily Meals — BCC Malaria Treatments
Natural Resource Management
Addressing deforestation, uncontrolled fire, and land misuse. Community-based fire management plans, tree nurseries, game cameras, aerial surveys, and satellite imagery to monitor wildlife. CSL's radio tower on Chibembe extends anti-poaching network reach. GCF GPS collaring of Thornicroft's giraffe at Chibembe in 2025.
1.3M+ 3
Acres Under Influence Focus Regions
- PARTNERS
Partners
ZWCF's relationships span government wildlife management, law enforcement, conservation science, and operations that share these landscapes — each playing a distinct role in the same conservation system. Some we work with weekly on the ground. Others we engage on strategy and program planning. Others we help fund directly. In each case the relationship is real, even where it varies in depth and frequency.
CSL
Conservation South Luangwa
Wildlife Protection - South luangwa
ZCP
Zambia Carnivore Program
Predator Monitoring · Valley-Wide
GCF
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Thornicroft's Giraffe · Luangwa Valley
MF
Makolekole Foundation
Bore Holes · Luangwa Valley
FZS
Frankfurt Zoological Society
Research & Conservation · Zambia
DNPW
Dept. of National Parks & Wildlife
Government Partner · Zambia
MC
Musekese Conservation
Greater Kafue · Mumbwa GMA
BCC
The Bushcamp Company
Safari Operations · South Luangwa
RAS
Remote Africa Safaris
North Luangwa · Chifunda GMA
LC
Lion Camp
Safari Operations · South Luangwa
NLCP
North Luangwa Conservation Program
Wildlife Conservation · North Luangwa
CWR
Chibembe Wildlife Reserve
Private Conservation Reserve · South Luangwa
Community Leadership
Local Wardens · Chiefs & Chieftainesses · Community Resource Boards · School Headmasters · Village Headmen
The traditional authority and local governance structures without whose consent and partnership no conservation work in the GMAs is possible.