Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Our partnership with SWT
At Tea Lab, we’re proud to support the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - a charity close to our hearts and at the forefront of wildlife conservation in Africa. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is best known for its pioneering work rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned elephants and rhinos in Kenya.
"The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust embraces all measures that complement the conservation, preservation and protection of wildlife and habitats. Working across Kenya, our projects include anti-poaching, safe guarding the natural environment, enhancing community awareness, addressing animal welfare issues, providing veterinary assistance to animals in need, rescuing and hand rearing elephant and rhino orphans, along with other species that can ultimately enjoy a quality of life in wild terms when grown."
We donate 10% of proceeds from sales of rooibos
and honeybush teas to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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HONEYBUSH
Together, your purchases have helped us donate the equivalent
of over 1,000+ bottles of special formula milk!
— a lifeline for the orphaned baby elephants in the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s care. Every time you purchase any of our rooibos or honeybush teas, retail, wholesale or corporate gifting 10% of the sale price is donated to support the amazing work of SWT. Your support helps fund not only the care of orphaned elephants and rhinos, but also anti-poaching patrols, community outreach, habitat preservation, and veterinary interventions for wild animals in distress.
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Tea Lab's Adopted Elephants
Enkesha
Incredibly calm and kind, she narrowly
survived a poacher's snare as a baby
- Gender: Female
- Current Age: 9 Years Old
- Rescue Date: 11 February 2017
- Reasoned Orphaned: Poaching
In 2019, Tea Lab adopted a baby elephant in the care of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. Named Enkesha this little calf was only a year old when she was rescued, after she was sighted with a wire snare cutting deep into her trunk and threatening her survival. She was brought to the SWT’s Nursery in Nairobi for lifesaving treatment. Their pioneering Orphans' Project rescues milk-dependent orphan baby elephants and other wildlife, providing them with a safe haven and a nurturing family, hand-raising them in such a way that they can return to the wild when grown.
Today, she is healed and unrecognisable from the calf they rescued, save for a small hole in her trunk. She's adapted to this without fuss and is growing up at the Trust’s Umani Springs Reintegration Unit, which caters for vulnerable orphans in need of a gentler environment. Thankfully, her injury does not impact her ability to eat or drink in any way, in fact she's one of the greediest elephants in the Umani herd, always busy browsing on the lush vegetation offered in this protected forest area. In time, Enkesha will reclaim her place in the wild and we are proud to help support this journey by joining the SWT’s Adoption Program.
Rokka
This plucky little girl grew up around
boys, but she rules the roost
- Gender: Female
- Current Age: 4 Years Old
- Rescue Date: 26 July 2021
- Reasoned Orphaned: Unknown
In 2025, Tea Lab adopted our second elephant through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: a spirited calf named Rokka. Her rescue in July 2021 was nothing short of remarkable. During an aerial patrol along the Tiva River, pilots spotted a tiny, distressed elephant calf wandering alone near a watering point. At just seven months old, she was far too young to survive on her own, and a search of the surrounding area confirmed the heartbreaking truth: Rokka was an orphan.
With daylight fading and time running out, the rescue team sprang into action. What followed was an extraordinary effort, from tracking her on foot through thick bush to carefully restraining and carrying her over 800 metres of difficult terrain to safety. Exhausted but determined, the team finally lifted the little elephant into the helicopter just as the sun disappeared behind the horizon. She was flown to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Kaluku Neonate Nursery, where Keepers were waiting to welcome her with comfort and care. Named after the area of her rescue, Rokka has since shown the same courage and resilience that saved her life. Though one of the youngest members of her herd, she is bold, confident, and full of character. Often leading the way with the strength of an elephant twice her size.