Community Voices Roar

The term “coexistence” is used a lot when referring to people and wildlife, but what does successful coexistence with lions – and other animals – really look like and entail? And who gets to define it? People living in the  South Rift share their lives with wildlife every day – and have done so for

Shared water, Shared Future

In the Kajiado West and Central areas of our landscape, the struggle for water has long been twofold: scarcity and destruction. The community and livestock walked long distances to fetch water, women had no convenient access to water and elephants desperate for water, would break tanks and damage borehole systems, leaving villages without access. The

Trained, Tested and Transformed

The South Rift is a biodiversity hotspot.  It is home to 704 species of birds, 133 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles and 42 species of amphibians.  To allow communities to respond and manage encounters with wildlife, we have ensured that our rangers receive specialised training ranging from snakebite recognition and response, a key threat

Evade and Avoid

Day to day life in the South Rift is anything but ordinary.  Whether it is a student walking to school or a herder looking after their goats, the chance of coming face to face with an elephant or a lion is real. Without the right skills and knowledge such encounters can turn very dangerous or

Restoring Life to the South Rift’s Rangelands

The rains season means so much to our pastoralist community culturally, spiritually and practically. For a community that relies on livestock for their livelihood, rains are crucial for nourishing the rangelands and refilling water sources that keep their herds healthy.  Significant amounts of rainfall is expected countrywide with some areas at risk of flooding.   While