So much elephant dung on the Park, let’s make some paper! With generous donations, AERU has obtained some supplies and equipment and started making our dung paper. Dung is collected from our very own elephants, paper is recycled from our offices. Our volunteers get started by boiling the dung, mixing with scrap paper and other ingredients. This helps us to create various colours, textures and prints of dung paper.

In this way we are recycling and developing a fundraising project for AERU – all proceeds supporting our various research initiatives. A huge thank you to Miren and Sheila C. for helping us get this exciting new project off the ground.

Volunteers assist us with fund-raising projects in many ways. During their stay they help contribute to the AERU Shop, by making rubber elephants, which can be created into keyrings These are then sold to raise funds for research and enrichment projects.

Volunteers are encouraged to use their imagination and creativity, to design and create amazing looking keyrings in a variety or colours, decorated with beautiful beads.

The end result is a simple but beautiful, environmentally-friendly upcycling product that celebrates elephants.

Our stuffed felt ellies are little felt elephants stitched and stuffed, which are then sold in the AERU Shop as hangers, or even tree decorations for Christmas! They are adorable little handmade gifts or souvenirs to take home with you after your experience with the elephants.

With the contribution and creativity of our team and volunteers during their stay, the unique products sold in the AERU Shop are sold to raise funds for research and enrichment projects.