Ruko Community Conservancy in Baringo County last week received Ksh. 6,143, 750 (USD 614.4) from the NRT Conservancy Livelihood Fund (CLF) for school bursaries and vocational training.
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The community in Kiunga Conservancy at the coast have spent three weeks cleaning up plastic from their beaches in partnership with Safari Doctors.
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Community conservancies in Isiolo County received Ksh. 15 million (USD 150,000) last week from the NRT Conservancy Livelihoods Fund (CLF). The communities, through their boards and management team, have earmarked the funds for education bursaries and microfinance for businesswomen. The cheques were handed over in an event that was attended by seven Members of County Assembly and the County Assembly Speaker, Hussein Halakhe.
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NRT would like to exercise its right to respond to the Fact Finding Report conducted by the Borana Council of Elders and the Waso Professionals Forum (April 2019), and address the wild allegations made in the findings of this report.
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Three rescued elephant calves have been successfully translocated from the rehabilitation centre where they were raised, to a holding facility in Sera Community Conservancy, Samburu County, in the first milestone of their journey back to the wild. The successful move was a partnership between NRT, the Kenya Wildlife Service, Sera Community Conservancy, Reteti Elephant Sanctuary and others.
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The failure of the seasonal rains has heightened tensions in the traditional grazing area of Kom, on the border of Sera and Biliqo Bulesa conservancies. Hundreds of livestock herders - some of whom are armed - are gathering to salvage what little pasture there is left. To prevent potentially fatal clashes, Biliqo Bulesa and Sera conservancies partnered with NRT peace team and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination to hold a peace meeting at Kom on Friday 19 April, 2019, to call for coexistence and provide a forum for dialogue.
Read MoreThe Northern Rangelands Savings and Credit Cooperative, which provides relevant financial training and an accessible savings and loans scheme to community conservancy members, held its annual delegates meeting in early April, attended by representatives from 17 community conservancies across Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River and Laikipia counties. Since the SACCO began in 2016, Ksh. 7.2 million (US$ 72,000) has been invested as shares and accrued as savings. In 2018 alone, this figure was Ksh. 4.9 million (US$ 49,000) - with Ksh. 3.8 million (US$ 38,000) of that being savings accumulated by members to support their families and businesses.
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On April 3rd 2019, NRT was represented on a global stage at an event that celebrated the positive impact of community conservation. Hosted in partnership with National Geographic, The Nature Conservancy, USAID, and the Wyss Foundation, the event also featured a preview of a series of short films made about NRT communities, and a panel discussion.
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On the 15th March 2019, the European Union (EU) handed over a road maintenance unit to NRT member community conservancies, for the development of roads and airstrips that will boost tourism, security, the local economy and livelihoods.
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A few years ago his job was inconceivable in his home area. Today, he couldn't imagine doing anything else. Meet Talone Leshalote, elephant caregiver at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary.
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“The best thing I have now is peace of mind. With savings and a business, I no longer have to worry about where my next meal is coming from.”
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Meet Said Hiyesa, farmer and entrepreneur from Lower Tana Delta Conservancy. When his unreliable crop yields started to affect his family, Said mobilised a self-help group of 33 farmers to apply for business loans through their conservancy. Find out how this has changed his fortunes, and those of his fellow farmers.
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A few years ago, fisherman Mahathi traded in his net for a clip-board and snorkel mask. He’s now a marine ranger, working to promote sustainable fishing methods and marine conservation in his community of Pate Island.
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"A few years ago, I could not show my face around my home area because of the crimes I’d committed. Today, I am a peace ambassador and business man, helping other young men caught up in crime transition into making an honest living." Meet Lekopir Lksumban, Peace Ambassador from Melako Community Conservancy. Part of our #10Morans series.
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Last year, we brought you #10women - ten stories from ten inspirational women in the conservancies. This year, we bring you #10morans - ten stories from ten young warriors in community conservancies who have moved away from conflict and started new businesses, become peace ambassadors conservation champions. These young men, statistically the most likely to be involved in frontline conflict and the least engaged in conservancy activities, are now influencing positive change among their peers and in their communities. Meet our first moran, Mbau.
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Earlier this week, NRT and Kalama Conservancy had the honour of hosting a delegation from the Royal Danish Embassy led by Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
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These pioneering morans in Westgate Conservancy have partnered with NRT, The Nature Conservancy and Grevy’s Zebra Trust to trial a supplementary feeding experiment with some of their bulls. For these morans, supplementary feeding is a new concept. The question they had: How much weight might my bull put on if I fed him pellets in the evening on top of grazing? And would the value of this weight gain justify the cost of pellets?
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A recent aerial survey conducted with the support of Fauna & Flora International (FFI) shows a rise in the numbers of near-threatened oryx numbers in Nakuprat-Gotu Conservancy, which is thought to now hold 10% of Kenya’s oryx population.
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Ruko Community Conservancy was formed over 10 years ago, bringing together two formerly-warring communities. Now, they are working together to conserve the Rothschild giraffe - their vision is to repopulate this area of Baringo County that once held significant numbers of this endangered species.
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