Warriors For African Wildlife

Brad J Craven Director of Warriors For African Wildlife bradcrvn@gmail.com

6 years of boots on the ground experience in African Wildlife Conservation and Antipoaching.
Warriors For African Wildlife's team will coordinate closely with U.S. Veterans Services. We will enlist the expertise and legal certifications for our Veterans with local African Conservation and Anti-poaching experts.  WFAW will book courses at accredited African Wildlife Colleges, and expert K-9 anti-poaching training with the Global Conservation Force. These well established programs have great standing and respected positions in the local communities of Africa. WFAW will be the only foreign operative Veterans Organization that will listen and learn from the Local African Experts in order to gain the trust of African Countries and the wildlife reserves in which WFAW operates in.  This is crucial in making the sustainable and legal differences in African wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching. WFAW will support able bodied and disabled Veterans to heal while they make real differences in African wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching initiatives. 

 WFAW Director, Brad J Craven. I am a U.S. Navy Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Korea. Honorable Discharge. When I returned home I struggled as many Veterans do. I found true purpose in training and coaching my younger brother Sam who has Cerebral Palsy in his Paralympic endeavors. Sam won gold and silver medals in the 2011 Parapan Games. 

I found Africa in 2016, volunteering once or twice a year for one to two months at a time. My second trip I trained and operated with an Anti-poaching unit. Protecting the wildlife of Africa. Africa gave me back true purpose, and I want to help other Veterans heal as I did; by sharing the experiences of protecting and conserving Africa's beautiful wildlife.

Warriors For African Wildlife's mission is to fund an able bodied and disabled Veterans training and education program in Africa; taught by leading African local conservation and Anti-poaching experts. U.S. Veterans will get local training and certification to provide legal and sustainable wildlife conservation and Anti-poaching on front line initiatives. Warriors For African Wildlife will work with and support local African communities in conservation and Anti-poaching initiatives. Through out this process Veterans will heal and get back their purpose.