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    Family Planning Workshops for Both Men and Women

    May 8, 2022 /

    In the southeastern part of Kenya lies Marungu, a village surrounded by highlands. Once a week, community members converge in a hall to discuss social matters, usually in the presence of an area chief and other local representatives. But this time a different kind of discussion emerged: one designed to bring men together to discuss community health and family planning topics. In the presence of the area chief, a community health assistant, nurse, and the Wildlife Works team, the dialogue focused on health services available, in aim to improve attitudes towards family planning services and the different methods of contraceptives. “Why are you against our wives having children and what…

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    October 14, 2016

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    Tackling Barriers for Persons with Disabilities

    January 12, 2018
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Conservation,  Education,  Forest Communities

    Boosting Reforestation Efforts in the Kasigau Corridor

    January 29, 2019 /

    By Jane Okoth In a tiny village, Juliana Karisa stood beside her house in anticipation as she watched a canter truck accompanied by Wildlife Works’ greenhouse team make its way through her compound. After a courteous greeting, she proceeds to direct the team to where the tree seedlings are located. The greenhouse team then loads the seedlings one by one into the truck under the close supervision of Greenhouse Supervisor Willy Kanyeki. Juliana and her family is one of hundreds of beneficiaries from the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project who have received cash in exchange for tree seedlings. In an effort to boost reforestation efforts in the region, Wildlife Works regularly…

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    November 22, 2017

    An Exclusive Interview With Mike Korchinsky, President and Founder of Wildlife Works

    March 2, 2021

    Meet the Female Rangers Protecting the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project

    August 10, 2018
  • Conservation,  Education,  Forest Communities,  Wildlife

    Ground Breaking Ceremony Marks Construction of Classrooms for New School

    January 9, 2019 /

    By Jane Okoth Wildlife Works Kasigau REDD+ project has benefited thousands of members of communities in rural Kenya through the distribution of carbon revenue. Local people in the Kasigau project area face a lot of challenges, ranging from marginalization to poverty and illiteracy. The intervention of Wildlife Works’ projects has brought a lot of positive change into the lives of these communities, especially in education. For example, the construction of classrooms for schools has ensured that vulnerable children in our project area have a chance to fight the inequalities that stand in their way. In the month of November 2018, Wildlife Works was invited to officiate a groundbreaking ceremony held…

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    Keeping the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor Litter Free

    April 4, 2017

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    In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD by Amy Yee

    August 18, 2017
  • Conservation,  Forest Communities

    Public Participation Key to Implementing Community Projects

    November 6, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth For over 20 years, Wildlife Works has been in the forest conservation and climate change mitigation business by funding wildlife and environment conservation efforts. We have been working with communities in the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project to improve their standard of living through job creation and increasing access to social amenities such as water, health and education. This has impacted the lives of over 100,000 people in our project area, helping them transition from the destruction of forest to its protection. Early January this year, Wildlife Works received 447,000 USD from the carbon revenue to allocate to each of the six locations in our project area namely…

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    Boosting Reforestation Efforts in the Kasigau Corridor

    January 29, 2019

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    January 30, 2017

    Meet the Female Rangers Protecting the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project

    August 10, 2018
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Conservation,  Education,  Forest Communities,  Health,  Water,  Wildlife,  Women

    My Trip to the Kasigau Corridor: Seeing a REDD+ Project in Action

    June 7, 2018 /

    Guest blog written by Vibeka Mair, a Senior Reporter for Responsible Investor who visited our Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project in February 2018. Jacob Kazungu has been disabled since birth. Now 72, he walks with a stick and has shakes when he stands up. But he insists he will stand as he presents the work of his community group in rural Kenya. The Buguta Disabled Group supports the disabled and parents of the disabled with a place to come to every day, conversation and most importantly a form of income through the making of toys, jewelry and baskets sold in places including popular fashion website ASOS. “We want to be self-reliant and not begging,” he says. Buguta Disabled…

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    March 26, 2019

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    October 4, 2019

    Enhancing Food Security in the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project Through Agronomy Training

    September 17, 2021
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    Simon Kipsang; The Ranger and Co-pilot at Wildlife Works

    May 17, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth For some, a wildlife adventure may seem like a normal thing, but that seemed an impossible opportunity for young Simon Kipsang. As a young boy growing up in Nakuru County, Simon only learnt about elephants, lions and other wildlife in school. “Since I was passionate about the environment, I would spend time taking care of trees in my homestead and wished that I would one day come face to face with wildlife,” he recalls thinking. As fate would have had it, his dream has come true. Now at 30 years old, Kipsang is a full time ranger and co-pilot at Wildlife Works. When the husband and father…

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    An Exclusive Interview With Mike Korchinsky, President and Founder of Wildlife Works

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    Capacity Building Programs for Women and Girls in the Kasigau Corridor

    May 22, 2019

    Missing 6-year-old Boy Found Alive by Wildlife Works Rangers

    November 12, 2019
  • Conservation,  Forest Communities,  Wildlife

    Human Wildlife Conflict; Reducing Tension Between Communities and Elephants

    April 12, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth When Erick Sagwe, the Head Ranger at Wildlife Works, receives frantic phone calls from the local community about elephants invading their farms, he knows it’s time for him and his team to brace for a long night. “We receive phone calls from community members asking us to help drive away the elephants which have invaded their farms. Despite it being a dangerous job, we go because it is our duty to keep communities and animals safe,” he says. Human wildlife conflict is considered to be one of the biggest threats to the continued survival of species around the world. The impacts can be devastating with people losing…

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    Simon Kipsang; The Ranger and Co-pilot at Wildlife Works

    May 17, 2018

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    Three Elephant Rescues in One Day: the Product of Intensifying Tensions During a Period of Severe Drought

    October 6, 2022
  • Education,  Forest Communities,  Women

    Women’s Agency Grows in the Greenhouse

    March 29, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth In sub-Saharan Africa, women perform more than 50% of the agricultural activity, according to the United Nations. While women provide the majority of labour in agricultural production, their power over resources is restricted due to discrimination by male dominated traditions. Wildlife Works has been co-creating opportunities for economically-marginalized women to take the lead in their communities and generate new sources of income. We have been teaming up with organizations in order to support local women’s groups in setting up greenhouses within their surrounding communities. The concept of greenhouse farming was adopted because only a small size of land is needed to erect the greenhouse, and conditions can…

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    Carbon Credit Sales Fund New Desks to Two Schools In the Kasigau Corridor

    July 12, 2018

    Education; Meet Some of Wildlife Works Bursary Recipients

    November 6, 2018

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    May 1, 2017
  • Adventures in REDD+,  Conservation,  Education,  Forest Communities,  Profile,  Wildlife

    Son of a Poacher, 26-year-old Fulfills Dream to Become Conservation Pilot

    January 20, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth Always calm and composed in his demeanor, Daniel Zuma is not your regular character. As a gyrocopter pilot at Wildlife Works, the 26 year old is living his dream and even more impressively, is dedicated to inspiring his community. Being the first born in a family of five, Daniel Zuma has come a long way. He was not born in a wildlife friendly household – in fact, his father was a poacher, who was tragically killed by a buffalo. Daniel came to realize the importance of wild animals, and he wanted to take care of them rather than destroying them. “If I had decided to follow in…

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    July 16, 2018

    Rising With Resilience, the Story of Charles Nzale

    March 19, 2020

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    August 10, 2018
  • Education,  Forest Communities,  Health

    Tackling Barriers for Persons with Disabilities

    January 12, 2018 /

    By Jane Okoth On a rainy day in Mwachabo location approximately 60 kilometers from Wildlife Works’ headquarters, Matei Mtuku is in a jovial mood whilst welcoming staff from Wildlife Works in his home. The cheerful middle aged man who is disabled and wheelchair bound is the Chairperson for Mwachabo Disability Group, a group consisting of disabled people and caregivers who are raising children with disabilities. Groups of women begin to stream in his compound, and after exchanging greetings, everyone is given a chair as they begin their meeting. They are here for a discussion with Wildlife Works about various opportunities available to them. As the meeting starts, the women begin…

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