Our Theory of Change

SORALO believes that achieving its vision of healthy,
intact, landscapes that benefit people and wildlife
requires addressing four key areas of intervention,
expanded upon in our Theory of Change below.

  1. Improving rangelands governance by
    securing communal lands, water and natural
    resources through appropriate local tenure
    arrangements
  2. Improving natural resource management
    and conservation efforts to monitor, manage
    and protect wildlife and other resources.

  • Generating benefits and increased income through
    sustainable natural resource-based enterprises that
    improve local livelihoods and create incentives
    for conservation.
  • Promoting cultural values and practices that promote
    co-existence of people and wildlife.

These four interventions not only form SORALO’s
overall Theory of Change for achieving our vision
and mission, but also form the structure of our
programmes and thus governs how we implement
our work.

Our Strategic Goals

As defined by our Strategic Plan for for 2018-2023 we have five strategic goals

Goal 1

Secure and Strengthen
Community Rights to Land
Through Strong and Effective
Local Governance Institutions

To use a range of mapping, land use management, spatial planning and legal tools to strengthen governance of communal rangelands in Group Ranches that are not yet subdivided. We will focus on securing unsubdivided Group Ranches and maintaining communal land use and tenure. We will also work to develop new models such as group conservancies for collective land management in subdivided areas.

Goal 2

Support Natural Resource
Management Practices and
Institutions That Enable People
And Wildlife to Co-Exist Across
the South Rift Landscape

To strengthen local rangeland and wildlife management capacity by working with group ranches, conservancies, game scout networks, and other local community management institutions to strengthen their ability to manage, monitor, and conserve their natural resources, including protecting wildlife and other natural resources from illegal use.

Goal 3

Promote Cultural Values That
Foster Co-Existence of People,
Wildlife and Communal
Land Management

To recognize the importance of local indigenous cultural values in enabling continued co-existence of people and wildlife within their landscape. We will actively promote traditional knowledge, values, and culture in ways that reinforce those values and assist their perpetuation in the face of social change.

Goal 4

Support the Development of
Sustainable Resource Based
Enterprises For Improved
Livelihoods

To support the development of support the development of sustainable resource-based enterprises for improves livelihoods. SORALO will improve its own capacity to deliver on this livelihoods work, starting with a review of the existing projects, their design and impact, and develop key partnerships that enable it to improve delivery.

Goal 5

Grow and Strengthen Soralo
Into an Effective Organisation
Capable of Delivering on Its
Mission

SORALO needs to grow and strengthen as an organisation in order to effectively implement this strategy and full-fill its mandate. Through improved communication about its work, strengthened partnerships and more effective fundraising, SORALO will achieve sustainable funding and become a stronger organisation.

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