Football has the power to unite communities, inspire young people, and make a difference. This year, as the world celebrates the beautiful game, you can help create a World Cup-worthy legacy right here in Kenya's South Rift!
In this year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, we are seeing something powerful take root. Across the South Rift, Maasai communities steadily reclaiming their land with profound impact. Where bare ground once stretched, grass is returning and community resilience is growing.
Celebrating Partnerships and Wishing You a Peaceful Christmas!
For most people, Christmas is a time of celebration - bringing families together, exchanging gifts, and sharing hopes and wishes for the year ahead. For our communities, Christmas has a very different meaning.
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 likelihood of coming face to face with an elephant or a lion is real. Without the right skills and knowledge, such encounters can turn dangerous or tragic very fast for both people and wildlife.
About Rains, Renewal and Reviving Kenya's South Rift
To our communities in the South Rift, rains are a blessing, bringing new life, renewed hope, and fresh beginnings. Rains are crucial for nourishing our semi-arid rangelands, refilling water sources, which in turn allow people, livestock and wildlife to thrive.
We are excited to share some of the important achievements that guided our work this year, and take this opportunity to wish you a joyous holiday season and prosperous 2025!
The rangers’ achievement in this year’s event underscores their passion and dedication to safeguarding and protecting our natural resources. As we congratulate and celebrate this very well-deserved recognition, we invite you to stand in solidarity with them by supporting this very important work. In collaboration with our friends at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens (CZBG) we have launched a fundraising campaign aimed at providing essential resources for them.
This landscape is a place where, for centuries, the Maasai people have lived and kept intact, benefiting themselves, their livestock and wildlife. The area is still home to the majority of Kenya’s Maasai. Yet, today it is a threatened landscape, confronting a growing population, a culture in transition and land use changes that threaten critical habitats.
We are very proud to be able to end the year with the great news that John Kamanga, Director of SORALO, won the Tusk Trust Conservation award for 2020. We could not be more proud of him and his achievements in conservation in Southern Kenya.
As is the way of the world, our first newsletter of the year is slightly more ‘postponed’ than we would have hoped. The world has changed in so many ways so fast, and we have been doing our best to readjust our work and lives accordingly.
Our highlights from 2018 and some hot-off-the press publications
To our surprise it is already March, but it is never too late to share with you some of our most exciting work from 2018 and some hot-off-the-press publications!
Elephants, Lions and More: SORALO’s Mid-Year Newsletter 2019
Welcome to our mid-year newsletter! We are excited to tell you about lions and elephants in our landscape, share our 2018 Annual Report and let you know about our fundraising campaign!