Orphans' Project
Rescuing orphan elephants, rhinos, and other species, raising them with specialist care, and reintegrating them into a protected wilderness
At the heart of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is the Orphans’ Project — a pioneering rescue, rehabilitation, and rewilding programme that has given hundreds of orphaned elephants and rhinos a second chance at life in the wild.
327
Orphans successfully raised
20
Successfully hand-raised
94
Babies born to wild living orphan elephants
Discover the Orphans’ Project
The Orphans’ Project exists to offer hope for Kenya’s elephants and rhinos — animals still poached for their ivory and horn, and increasingly threatened by habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, and drought. Every orphan we raise is a life saved and another step toward securing a future for their species in the wild.
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Adopt one of the orphans in our care and be a part of their future.
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