Carlien is a passionate conservationist with more than 18 years' ecology, wildlife conservation and fundraising experience. She is a Director of Project Rhino Alliance NPC and the current Project Rhino Assistant. Her job includes everything from fundraising and marketing, to securing project resources, organising events and communicating with Project Rhino members.

Carlien is an ecologist and experienced field guide. She served as the Assistant General Manager for Madikwe Conservancy before joining Project Rhino in 2018. She holds an M Tech Game Ranch Management (Nature Conservation), as well as a number of environmental short courses.

In addition to her passion for conservation, Carlien is an athlete and runs for the Madikwe Mambas running club. She completed the Comrades Marathon for her fifth time in 2019, and in doing so, helped to raise more than R70,000 for conservation and upliftment projects.

Grant Fowlds is a passionate conservationist from a dedicated rhino family, who pioneered with others a wildlife project called Amakhala Game Reserve, now a leading tourism brand based in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. As an ambassador for Project Rhino and speaker, he has spread the word to audiences in several countries, including consumer countries of South East Asia.

As an African linguist, Grant shares the vision of African explorer Kingsley Holgate to reach one million youth in community conservation for rhino, elephants and gorillas, as well as other endangered species, through a simple art project in schools. He has worked in rural communities throughout Southern Africa in human-wildlife conflict, demand reduction and alternate sources of income through tourism and building range expansion parks.

Recently, as COVID-19 lockdowns continued to impact rural food security, he drove the Feeding the Wildlife Communities humanitarian movement alongside environmental partners like Nkombe Rhino and the Kingsley Holgate Foundation.

Together with Graham Spence, Grant concluded a book about his experience titled Saving the Last Rhinos - The Life of a Frontline Conservationist in 2019. A follow-up entitled Rewilding Africa: Restoring the Wilderness on a War-Ravaged Continent was due for release in May 2022.

Chris's life story can be told against a background of nature and the environment, from early childhood memories of Ugandan forests, to army experiences in Namibia which had enough positive impact to persuade him to delay university and work at Etosha after his army stint.

He then went on to farming after studying agriculture at Pietermaritzburg University. He took advantage of being outdoors to become an expert birder and canoeist, which reignited his passion for rivers and big white water.

Leaving farming behind after 17 years, he joined his brother and a small group of friends to seek out the great rapids of the Nile in Uganda. They started a successful white water rafting company which is still operating more than 20 years later.

Returning to South Africa after a couple of years in East Africa, he started a business in telephone and cell phone technology. This business grew and expanded and its success has enabled Chris to devote more time to his true calling: the preservation and protection of the environment.

He was able to pursue his dream of flying a helicopter and soon acquired his own, which he now makes available for conservation projects. Chris can offer a variety of skills to Project Rhino and enjoys the time devoted to conservation activities.