Sign constructed and funded by the Nyika Vwaza Trust

Bridge repaired by the Nyika Vwaza Trust

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Through your generous support, the Nyika-Vwaza Trust in Malawi works with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife to improve the conservation of wildlife in the Nyika National Park and the Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve.

The Nyika-Vwaza (UK) Trust will provide the funding for year on year operational costs and specific projects through the generosity of its supporters.
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Bridge Building

In the past, retreating poachers have, quite literally, burned the Nyika's bridges. Without bridges at the permanent river crossings, law enforcement and general park management can be a struggle. Also, swathes of the park are closed to tourism – and evidence suggests that the presence of tourists is highly effective in reducing poaching.

We are therefore delighted that the British High Commission in Lilongwe provided a grant to rebuild some of the Nyika's bridges and to construct signposts at the road junctions across the Nyika.

The importance of these new bridges to our conservation work on the Nyika cannot be overstated. They will give faster and better access to the outer reaches of the park. Anti-poaching efforts will become more effective, general park management will become easier and new areas will be opened up to tourism.

The Trust has used a combination of old lorry chassis, new steel and blue gum poles to rebuid and strengthen the bridges and prevent them from being totally destroyed when burnt. To date eleven bridges have been rebuilt.

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