Teaching conservation in Kinangop plateau

Dominic Kimani, one of the students who received a fellowship in 2012-2013 has sent me some photos taken in the primary schools of Kinangop plateau, where he has been teaching about conservation and biodiversity to the young pupils.
Kinangop is a vast plateau about 70 km north of Nairobi. It is one of the of the most important sites in Kenya for Sharpe's Longclaw and for several other rare and threatened specie. Unfortunately, Kinangop is also a densely inhabited area, and agriculture is expanding at fast rates - between 2008 and 2013 alone, 25% of the natural habitats have been destroyed and converted to agriculture - and this adds to substantial habitat losses in the previous years.

Field class

Watching a nature film in Purple Hearth Academy

A new batch of students in Ngilai

One of the activities of this blog is to raise funds to sponsor students in the schools of some of the poorest districts of Kenya.

Last year, some of our students in the village of Ngilai, have sucessfully completed their studies at secondary school.

With the collaboration of the village Elders, we have now selected a new batch of students, who will be sponsored throughout their studies.

Congratulations to Damaris, Wilson, Jane and Lydia, may they achieve the best results and contirbute to the future development of their community!