Game Changers: invest in people ánd wildlife in Mozambique.

Together with founding partner NewPort Capital , we are building a new network of investors: Game Changers. With Game Changers we started a challenging project in collaboration with the conservation organisation Peace Parks Foundation around Zinave National Park in Mozambique. The project is desperately needed, as Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries. More than half of its 33 million people live in poverty, and 9.8 million are malnourished. We are looking for entrepreneurs with guts to join this new network. Being a Game Changer requires courage, the belief that it can be done, and the willingness to accept a challenge. Will you join us?

The challenge.

Zinave National Park is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which is co-managed by Peace Parks. Recently, rewilding made the park the first BIG5 park in Mozambique. Since May 2022, the rhino has returned to the park after a 40-year absence.

At the same time, the local population in this area has above-average poverty and hunger rates, partly because it is a remote area with few amenities and infrastructure. The local people depend for their livelihoods on what they can find in the area. The park's protected status does not make life easy for them, forcing them to resort to poaching and illegal logging. The sustainable survival of Zinave Wildlife Park is only possible if the living conditions of the people living around the park are also improved.

The area is facing even more challenges due to recent extreme weather, the effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Peace Parks has asked The Hunger Project to join forces to find a solution.

Extreme poverty.

Through a baseline survey conducted in 2022 in the area where we work with Peace Parks, we know what the situation is like. Here are some figures:

Over 50% of the people in Malindile and Maculuve lives on just $1,25 per day.
Only 15% of households in Malindile and 23% in Maculuve have access to sanitation.
67% of young people in Malindile and 64% in Maculuve have no education, job or any kind of training.

What we do.

The Hunger Project supports two groups of villages (Malindile and Maculuve) around the Zinave National Park in Mozambique. We do this with a proven approach: the epicentre strategy.We tackle all causes of hunger simultaneously and offer the people in these villages tools to permanently improve their own living conditions within 5 years. We applied the same strategy successfully around the Majete Wildpark in Malawi. Majete has become a thriving park, with the lowest poaching rates in Malawi. For example, no elephants and rhinos have been poached since their reintroduction in 2003 and 2006. And in the first self-reliant epicentre in Majete, hunger dropped dramatically: from 44% to 15%. Also, the number of people who can read and write increased from 23% to 91% (results from the 2018 final evaluation).).

Around the Zinave wildlife park, we are laying the foundations for equal cooperation between the community board, local government and conservationists. Together, we examine how to give residents formal and full participation in park management. So that people and wildlife can both flourish.

Are you an entrepreneur with guts and a warm heart for Africa? Join us as Game Changers investor. You can participate from € 15,000 per year for a period of 5 years.

The dream.

What makes this project special is that Peace Parks is keen to learn from The Hunger Project's proven approach. The ultimate goal is to scale up our approach with Peace Parks to new areas of operation in Southern Africa.

Ready to join this extraordinary network?

Do you have guts ánd real passion for Africa? Join our Game Changers network and become part of an inspired group of business friends who care about social return. You must be up for a challenge: Mozambique is a venture investment as climate disasters and conflicts occur with some regularity. But the opportunity to make a substantial impact is even greater. No guts, no glory!

Among others, Blokker, the Janssens Fund, MaasInvest, Mirage Holding, Werk Talent and Zandbergen already joined the network. Join us too!

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About Mozambique

Human Development Ranking: 185 (NL: 10).
Population: 33 million
30,5% is malnourished
75,4% experiences food insecurity
Life expectancy: 60,9 years
Mozambique was a Portuguese colony and gained independence in 1975. The country then experienced 20 years of civil war, large-scale emigration and drought.

Nearly 54% of the population lives on just $1,25 per day.

Want to know more?

Our Connectors are happy to answer all your questions.

Annemarie de Groot-Bakker

Tel: 06-54 23 69 78

Sophie ten Bokkel Huinink

Tel: 06-44 36 33 44

Help us change the game in Mozambique.

Your investment: € 15.000 yearly, for 5 years.

Become a valued member of this inspiring business network. Make lasting impact for people ánd wildlife in Mozambique. Together, we make the impossible, possible!

In return: a valuable network, inspiration and impact!

Meet other Game Changers at meetings and expand your network with valuable business connections.
Ga mee op investeerdersreis naar Mozambique om de vooruitgang zelf te zien. De mensen, het wildpark… samen mooie dingen beleven en vruchtbare zakelijke banden smeden!
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Participation in The Zero Hunger Games : involve your employees in a sportive way in this project.

A win-win in every way.

Achieve corporate sustainability goals.

Investing with your business? An investment in The Hunger Project contributes directly to corporate CSR and ESG goals. Achieving sustainability goals attracts investors and funding, and increases the involvement and loyalty of customers, employees and partners. A win-win on all fronts!

A contribution to future generations.

Thanks to your involvement, wildlife flourishes and local communities benefit. You contribute to the growth of people, animals and nature. An essential way to preserve the earth for future generations.

Invest with tax advantage.

When you commit for 5 years, you invest with a tax advantage. If you invest as a company from a BV or NV, you can deduct the donation from the profit.