The Dande Anti-Poaching Unit (DAPU) was founded in 2010 to protect wildlife across the Dande North and East areas  in northern Zimbabwe, where poaching once threatened elephant and other species. Working in partnership with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, and the Mbire Rural District Council, DAPU supports and equips community scouts from surrounding villages to patrol vast wilderness areas, remove snares, and combat poaching. What began as a small effort to assist unpaid and under-resourced scouts has grown into a highly effective conservation initiative protecting more than 200,000 hectares of wildlife habitat.