Elephant Human Relations Aid is a Namibian registered not-for-gain organisation (registration number 21/2003/630) which runs an elephant conservation and volunteer project in Namibia, Africa.
EHRA aims to find long-term sustainable solutions to the ever-growing problem of facilitating the peaceful co-habitation between the subsistence farmers, community members and the desert-adapted elephants.
Through concerted efforts by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC), Save the Rhino Trust and other NGOs over the past 20 years, the population of desert dwelling elephants in the region has grown from as low as 52 members to a current estimated population of approximately 150 elephants.
While most people agree that the elephants returning is a good thing, it also causes problems for the people that live in the areas the elephants are returning to. You can read more about the conflict issues here.
EHRA has established a variety of volunteer programmes, funding initiatives as well as the community-focussed PEACE Project.
Read more about what EHRA does to curb the conflict and promote constructive relationships between the elephants and communities living amongst them.
Established in 2003 we now have a team of 13 dedicated staff.
We specialise in practical conflict mitigation methods.
We operate in Erongo and Kunene Regions of Namibia.
We are lucky enough to be joined by over 250 volunteers each year!
