Stories

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
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
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
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
“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

Return of the Graceful Elephants

The return of significant numbers of elephants to the Shompole and Olkiramatian community lands speaks to the success of the community-based conservation efforts ongoing in this area. This story is best told in the words of Albert Kuseyo, a community member, leader and former elephant research assistant: ‘When I was growing up in this area
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