How the long rains affected our Communities

This year’s World Nature Conservation Day is very significant to us. It emphasizes not only celebrating nature but also acknowledging and addressing the impact of its power. Imagine receiving your annual rainfall over the course of a couple of days.  Two communities – Shompole and Olkiramatian, in the South Rift landscape experienced devastating floods between

Tusk Award Winner 2020 – our very own John Kamanga

We are very proud that our very own Director, John Kamanga, has won what is arguably one of the most prestigious conservation awards in the world, the Tusk Award for Conservation, 2020. This award is for an individual who is judged to be an emerging leading conservationist, in recognition of their outstanding success shown in

Celebrating World Giraffe Day! Words and photo by Losioki Somoire

It was World Giraffe Day on June 21st and SORALO reminisces the attributes of a community that patiently keeps practicing promising ethos. The Maasai are possibly the traditionally indigenous community in the world that still coexist with wildlife. Despite the world becoming very chaotic, with political voices shouting for exclusion of wildlife, the Maasai community

Prioritising communities and rangelands: A message from our newest team member, Losioki Somoire, on this 2021 World Environment Day

We are in the second year of the Covid pandemic as World Environment Day is happening. For the past one year, a lot of influence on our choices and the way we relate with the environment has been made and we have also had a chance to reflect on the adverse effect of the pandemic

Connecting carnivore landscapes through coexistence and collaboration

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” Baba Dioum 1968 More than 40 years later, Baba Dioum’s words continue to resonate throughout the conservation world. Borrowing from Baba’s words, it’s safe to say the Maasai communities