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- Is this description of your support for work in the valley correct? What would you like to change?
- Since when has the Humane Society International name been used under Humane World for Animals?
- Should readers reach you through the moderators, or through a public contact?
Humane World for Animals is an animal protection organisation. Humane Society International, the name used on other pages of this site, is now a trademark of Humane World for Animals [MS]. Its South African team funds work in the valley run by the Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary, including Pigs to Plants [IC].
What the letters in square brackets mean
Facts on this page are followed by a tag that shows where they come from.
- [IC] Independently Corroborated. Confirmed by an official record, such as a government notice or a court or council record, or by at least two sources that do not depend on each other.
- [MS] Mission-Sourced. Comes from the organisation’s own website or statements, from the statements of a group it works with, or from the Forum’s own records. It has not been checked against sources that do not depend on them.
- [TBV] To Be Verified. Seems likely, but nobody has confirmed it from a reliable source yet.
At a glance
| Kind | Non-profit |
| Based in | Not yet known |
| Website | humaneworld.org |
| Role | Funder of the sanctuary’s programmes in the valley [IC] |
| Link to the valley | Direct. It funds programmes that reach the valley’s schools and households |
| Contact with the Forum | Not approached |
What it does
Its South African team works on care for street dogs, ending cosmetics testing on animals, farmed animal welfare, human-wildlife conflict, and ethical tourism [MS].
How its work reaches the valley
- Pigs to Plants. The programme, developed and led by the Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary, helps households move from keeping pigs to growing vegetables. Humane World for Animals says it has supported it since 2022, and gives it a yearly grant [IC]. The sanctuary names the Olsen Animal Trust as a second funder [MS].
- Schools. A programme started in 2015 reached all six schools in the valley, about 2,500 children in Genadendal, Bereaville, Voorstekraal, and Greyton, with funding from Humane Society International [MS].
- Relief. It gave the sanctuary a disaster relief grant during the Covid lockdown [MS].
Where it touches this site
What is still open
- When the name change took effect for its work in South Africa.
Have your say
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Related
References
- Humane World for Animals. Farmed animals: South Africa. Its South African work, its support for Pigs to Plants since 2022, and the trademark notice.
- Daily Maverick. From pigs to plants: self-sufficiency in small-town Genadendal (3 July 2026). The yearly grant and the lockdown relief grant.
- Ward 2 Development Forum. Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary. The schools programme and its funders.