BAOTREE – What’s That?

Baotree is MKEWPs newest partner. They work with for-profit and non-profit organizations to design and develop easier ways of collecting and managing information for decision-making and impact monitoring. One of the most challenging aspects of managing a WRUA is real-time information on water flows, illegal abstractions, water pollution and riparian degradation. Working with @Baotree, WRUA…

MKEWP – Taking Stock: The Mount Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership What Has It Been Up To?

The Partnership is 5-years old, and has received the following funding to support its partners in the Upper Ewaso Ng’iro Basin: KSH 5,021,000: The Laikipia Forum – secretariat services, administrative and fundraising support, office space, accounting and reporting, audits, etc.   KSH 9,506,250: FAO – support for ILMAMUSI and the Mukogodo landscape for the rehabilitation…

Mukogodo’s Participatory Forest Management Plan Update

ILMAMUSI is reviewing its elapsed forest management plan. Support for the activity comes from the Laikipia Conservancies Association. This Participatory Forest Management Plan final document will be followed by negotiations and signing of a 5 – year Forest Management Agreement between ILMAMUSI Mukogodo Forest Association and Kenya Forest Service.  These are the two tools governing…

Let’s Go Travel Uniglobe Release Their 2021 Sustainability Report

Laikipia Tourism Association members, Lets Go Travel Uniglobe (LGTU), are the leading sustainable travel management company in Kenya and East Africa. Their commitment to sustainable tourism has seen them win multiple awards. These include winning the best tour operator five times for the Eco-Warrior Award, an award that recognizes responsible tourism practices; and Travelife Certified,…

Walk Wild: Promoting Ecotourism and Landscape Restoration in the Mukogodo Forest

ILMAMUSI is organizing a “Walk Wild” event involving at least 500 people comprising of men, youth and women to create awareness and solicit for local support for landscape restoration and tourism  in Mukogodo ecosystem. Working with the Forum and other partners, ILMAMUSI will organize an event to raise awareness on forest conservation and the restoration…

Water At Last: Restoration Initiative Partners Join Hands to Improve Water Supply

Community members from Lekurruki/Sieku, Il Ngwesi, Makurian, and Kuri Kuri have a reason to smile after the successful rehabilitation of 5 water projects within the Mukogodo landscape. The water point rehabilitation is great news for community members and for their livestock, especially at a time when Laikipia is experiencing low rainfall. Wildlife troughs have also…

Drawing Dreams Initiative and the Dreams Youth Expo Second Edition

In the sixth issue of Kwetu Laikipia, we featured Drawing Dreams Initiative (DDI). This youth-led community-based organization focuses on menstrual health, hygiene management, sexual reproductive health and rights, and life skills empowerment. Earlier this month, the DDI team held the second edition of the Dreams Youth Expo at the Cedar Mall rooftop. The expo brought together diverse…