Okoa Wildlife Sanctuary Fundraiser

Founder – Micah was born in Johannesburg and moved to Kariba, Zimbabwe when he was 5. After growing up in Zimbabwe and falling more in love with nature, he moved to Australia for five years. Always wanting to start a Wildlife sanctuary, he moved back to South Africa in 2010 and followed a career in a family business. Still, the sanctuary idea has always been on his mind.

Fast forward nine years, and in July 2019, Micah was diagnosed as a Type1 Diabetic, and his life changed. Life is too short not to follow your dreams, so he focused on setting up an NPC, and Okoa Wildlife Sanctuary was born in 2020. 

Micah’s dream is to help animals who have been abused and rehabilitate those who can be introduced back into the wild and, for the ones who can’t, to give them a forever home in a natural environment.

Okoa has been self-funded by Micah and Kelly Kupfer for the past three years,  and the funds have run d...