Welcome to Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy

Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy

A serene environment in the heart of Midlands Province in Zimbabwe.

The conservancy is an hour's drive east of Kwekwe on the Mvuma road.

Objectives of Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy

• To protect and to conserve the environment and wildlife, particularly but not limited to the Rhinoceros.

• To promote and engage in best practicable wildlife and land management practices that ensures a safe wildlife haven.

How We Work

MBRC uses its best effort to conserve biodiversity and wildlife to protect our natural environment. We use a partnership approach where we work with wildlife trusts, local communities, government, state agencies, provincial authorities and district councils, all of whom play a major part in our success.

How to Get Involved?

MBRC welcomes donations from organisations as well as individuals. We also have unique volunteer options for select projects.

Please contact us for more information should you wish to volunteer or to donate.

Our Major Partners

Partnerships have been essential for us to drive change at the scale needed. All our partners be they major corporates or individuals, make a huge difference to our cause. Click here to see a list of people who have helped the conservancy.

Our Projects

Rhino Conservation Project

Our rhinos are protected by a team of motivated and dedicated Rhino Monitors under the supervision of the Conservator. MBRC is destined to be the next White Rhino Sanctuary.

Leopard Research

We use a citizen science approach in collaboration with keen youth from the community, where data is collected by means of camera traps and scat collection.

Vegetation Rehabilitation Program

This project seeks to re-vegetate the mined areas with native vegetation in order to maintain the integrity of the Rhino, Sable and Cheetah prime habitats.

Sable Project

We have an ongoing Sable habitat suitability mapping project. Please contact us for more information.

Learn More About Activities

Latest News

Soccer Fever High as MBRC Soccer Tournament Preparations Progress

The tournament is an annual MBRC sponsored soccer extravaganza. This year it is co-sponsored by ACF Mine.

The aim of the soccer tournament is to bring the community together and raise conservation awareness and is a platform to remind people who attend about their role and responsibility towards curbing rhino poaching.

This year, the first round of the tournament is being defended by the Black Rhinos Soccer Club, has attracted ten teams from all communities surrounding the conservancy. The teams qualified by playing knock-out rounds in their respective communities. This year the finals will be sometime in November 2017 at Bob Swift Community Ground. Entrance is free and is most certainly an event not to be missed.

Look out for more announcements in this regard.

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Testimonals

Mrs. Shamhu, Deputy Head of Sebakwe Primary School

Deputy Head, Sebakwe Primary School

I am very excited to have been to Sebakwe Education Centre and to the Conservancy with the school children. If you want to have an exhilarating outdoor experience, then MBRC is the place to be.

Shylet Gutu, Professional Hunter/Guide

I visited MBRC with some school children and I am now a regular visitor to the conservancy. The conservancy has a captiating ecological phenomena which is of great interest to environmentalist!

MBRC is a custodian of a very important crush of Black Rhinos.

We conduct leopard ecological surveys within the conservancy and immediate surrounding communities.

Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy has one of the highest populations of sables in Zimbabwe.

We run a program to ensure the integrity of kudu habitat.

Giraffes are dwindling worldwide, yet they are thriving at MBRC.