| Founded | 1 June 2006 |
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| Founder | Richard Leakey |
| Focus | Conservation |
| Location |
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Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | Awareness, Fund raising, blogging |
Key people | Richard Leakey Harold Wackman Paula Kahumbu |
| Website | wildlifedirect |
WildlifeDirect is a Kenya and US registered charitable organisation founded by African conservationist Richard Leakey. Its main office is located in Nairobi, Kenya.
WildlifeDirect was established in 2006 to provide support to conservationists in Africa directly on the ground via the use of blogs, which enables anybody, anywhere to play a direct and interactive role in the survival of some of the world's most precious species.
WildlifeDirect takes no administration fee for the funds that are transferred through their website so that the financial support can go to where it was intended in its entirety. Their core costs are provided for separately through grants, primarily from the European Union.[1]
The current CEO is Paula Kahumbu, recipient of the 2021 Rolex Award from the National Geographic Society.