Our Partners
Partners featured here are specific to the HeroRAT campaign. They have been an integral part of our outreach or directly support the HeroRATs. For a full list of organizational partners, funders, and collaborators please see the Partners page on the APOPO site (www.apopo.org/partners.php).
Braintree Scientific
Braintree Scientific, Inc. has been serving the needs of the Life Science Industry for over 30 years. We are excited to be the first corporation ever to solely sponsor a HeroRAT. We are grateful for the opportunity to follow our HeroRAT’s progress and witness its role in the safe keeping of innocent lives from the devastating and cruel actions of others. We proudly accept this leadership position and challenge others to do the same.
Global Giving
Global Giving enables individuals and companies in the US and UK to find and support high-impact, grassroots social and economic development projects around the world. Global Giving helps projects of all sizes to receive donations of all sizes, via the online giving and information exchange facility. Global Giving features APOPO's HeroRATs among its projects.
Logistics Plus
Logistics Plus was established by Jim Berlin in 1996 to manage freight logistics for GE Transportation Systems, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since that time, Logistics Plus has grown into a business with more than 300 customers, managing more than $300 million in global freight for small, medium, and large-sized companies. Today, Logistics Plus is a global company with offices around the world, offering a full range of logistic services tailored to meet the individual needs of customers. Logistics Plus' Christmas present to communities around the world hobbled by landmines is a rat named Tracker. Berlin said he hopes his company can start a trend with other global companies to solve a truly global menace.
New Global Citizens
New Global Citizens educates, equips, and mobilizes high school students across the United States to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world by partnering with grassroots organizations that are finding local solutions to local problems. NGC has selected the HeroRAT campaign for APOPO as one of their projects to connect young leaders to. NGC trains and supports these young leaders as they work to create sustainable change.
Roots & Shoots
Founded in 1991 by Dr Jane Goodall and a group of Tanzanian students, the Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen – for communities, for animals and for the environment. With tens of thousands of young people in almost 100 countries, the Roots & Shoots network connects youth of all ages who share a desire to create a better world. Young people identify problems in their communities and take action. Through service projects, youth-led campaigns and an interactive website, Roots & Shoots members are making a difference across the globe. Roots & Shoots is bringing the HeroRAT program to young people all over the world and their communities.
UK Scout Troop: Endeavor Explorers
The Endeavor Explorers Scout Troop from Sutton Coldfield, UK, has selected the HeroRAT program as their chosen charity! The Endeavor Explorers, a troop of about 50 scouts, have undertaken some major awareness and fundraising projects on behalf of the rats, including concerts, coffee mornings, and bag packing! These creative kids, together with their leaders John and Jo Garvey and Tim Taylor, meet regularly to challenge themselves and grow into responsible citizens. To date, they have raised over 500 pounds for the HeroRAT cause! Worldwide, the Scout Association provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for 400,000 young people aged 6-25.
