The Umpalazi: Community & Wildlife Project incorporates local community upliftment, including skills training, environmental education and aid work; with the rehabilitation of injured and/or orphaned wildlife for future release and monitoring. Umpalazi also provides sanctuary for other displaced animals. The Umpalazi: Community & Wildlife Project, set on a breathtaking 7,000 acre property in the South African bush, endeavors to provide skills training for local rural Zulu community members. This is carried out with the help of international volunteers who help train the selected local community members, whilst transforming Umpalazi's facilities as a wildlife sanctuary. (The number of local Zulu people hired depends on the number of international volunteers due to limited funds). The aim is not only to create jobs to help improve the standard of living and the lives of local rural people, but also to provide long-term community upliftment. Skills training will create a positive ripple effect throughout the whole community, as the individuals involved thus have the opportunity to build on their skills, providing an income and/or the ability to teach others. Furthermore, Umpalazi does not have access to electricity; therefore it does, and will provide for a more environmentally friendly way of living. Funds permitting, solar and gas facilities and a generator will be installed, supplying what little electricity is necessary. This will be a joint project with the Animal Protection and Environmental Sanctuary (A.P.E.S.) as co-founders, Dawn Magowan and Rodney Pendleton, will be moving to Umpalazi with their sanctuary to provide their wildlife with a better release site and to immediately get volunteers involved with wildlife conservation. APES focuses on the rehabilitation of primates (primarily the South African Vervet Monkey - Cercopithecus aethiops) and other wildlife.