Our Work Areas
Our key programs promote wildlife conservation, support community health and livelihoods, and enhance educational opportunities for those in need. Through these initiatives, we aim to empower both nature and future generations.
Conservation of Olerai Conservancy
Olerai is young and small wildlife Conservancy about 20 kilometers southwest of Nairobi National Park. For many years, the area served as an important wildlife dispersal area for Nairobi Park connecting it to distant ecosystems such as Amboseli and Tsavo. Most of this has now changed over the last two decades which have seen rapid urbanization, fragmentation and fencing of small private land parcels leaving small pockets of wilderness areas and without the traditional wildlife dispersal.
The owners of the land preserved the landscape for wildlife conservation and tourism and are in business partnership with Ankaa Africa.
The trust is supporting this young conservancy to establish and strengthen its operations to ensure the ecological island survives and thrives and hopefully stand a chance for a reconnection with adjoining areas such as Athi Kapiti and Soralo.
Conservancy programme focuses on three key activities:
Operation
Which includes the Manager's training, remuneration and vehicle. Plus Conservancy office and equipment.
Security
Which includes training of rangers, construction of a rangers' post and purchase of equipment.
Species
Which includes wildlife restocking and ecological monitoring and species inventory.
Community
Community projects are designed to support vulnerable communities in select areas that enhance collective livelihood.
Savings Group and Enterprise
We are seeking partners to collaborate in establishment of a savings scheme that can mobilize savings and extending affordable credits to support small scale rural enterprises
Clean Water
Clean contributes immeasurably to community health and saves on labour spend in search of water
Food Security
Our food security activity intends to support the women set up kitchen gardens as a means to boost food and nutrition security at household level to the communities
Medical Support
Our food security activity intends to support the women set up kitchen gardens as a means to boost food and nutrition security at household level to the communities
Education
Education is the foundation of a stable society as it equips young people with vital knowledge, insight and survival skills. We support community education through three main activities:
School Bursary
We are working to support education of girls and boys from poor families to advance their education as a contribution to social advancement and equity
Conservation Education
We aim at setting up an education auditorium at Olerai Conservancy and purchase of bus for school trips to uplift conservation education of the youth and community
School Support
We support the local schools with learning facilities and necessary materials to boost learning as the best investment for empowered future generation
Livestock Development
Conservation of wildlife is largely intertwined with livestock because of their cultural and ecological compatibility. We are dedicated to supporting the local peoples’ livestock production efforts through pasture production, veterinary care and commercial value addition and marketing.