Today we would like to share the insights of the Wildlife Warrior Scholarship Program. Every year we select the top performing Wildlife Warriors from each of our supported schools to join the scholarship program.

This year, we have already started the process of selecting the scholars for the year 2016/2017. We have distributed 90 scholarship application forms to all the schools from which we have selected 51 Wildlife Warriors to sit the scholarship exam.

The scholarship exam is conservation-based and will be administered in all the participating schools by the L&L team with the help of the respective camp managers and camp guides. We, the L&L team in Nairobi, will then embark on marking and grading the exams.

The last step will be to select the top 10 scholars (2 from each school) to join the Wildlife Warrior Scholarship Program. This will be done based on their performance in the scholarship exam and their end of year exams.

The whole Scholarship Selection Process is designed to avoid any politics and we always ensure that the scholarships are awarded to the most deserving pupils from each school.

The new scholars who will be selected at the end of this year will bring the number of the scholarship beneficiaries to 29. Our commitment is to pay 75% of their school fees up until they complete secondary school education.

We will let you know once the selection process is complete but before then, if you would like to know more about our current scholars click here.

Recently, we’ve been honoured to receive a very special visitor to celebrate the official opening of a new gate at the Randilen Wildlife Management Area (WMA), a conservation sector near our Tarangire Treetops Camp.

The Uhuru Torch is a Tanzanian national symbol of love, peace, solidarity and development and we were lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the annual Uhuru Torch Race.

This historic visit really puts Randilen WMA on the map and it’s only thanks to the hard work of everyone at Tarangire Treetops resort and Elewana that we’ve been recognised in this way. It shows how Randilen WMA is now thought of by the authorities and has raised its profile amongst local communities and at national level.

In Tanzania, it’s a great sign of respect and importance if you’re chosen to be visited by the Uhuru Torch, so it’s fantastic publicity for Elewana and the work we do here at the Land & Life Foundation. We know how important the work all of us do is to the local communities and to a harmonious and prosperous life alongside nature.

Tarangire Treetops has helped us establish a Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Program in the Randilen WMA and it just shows how working together and bringing new ways to solve problems can make a huge difference to wildlife and people’s livelihoods.

The torch was first lit on Tanzanian Independence day in 1961 and embodies the values of freedom and light and is very important to many Tanzanians.

Find out how you can get involved with the Land and Life Foundation and continue its vital work with nature and local communities.

Today we would like to share some wonderful insights of our Wildlife Warrior Scholars’ Retreat, held in August thanks to your generous donations.

Held at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, the 3-day event brought together 19 Wildlife Warrior Scholars for guided game drives, drama and conservation education classes, providing an exciting opportunity for the scholars to broaden their awareness on conservation issues.

Lead by a Kenyan drama teacher, the highlight of the retreat for the scholars was learning to develop performance and creative thinking skills and, by the end of the retreat, they put on a short play based on the Importance of Forests.
It was a fun few days for the scholars, filled with learning and new experiences, and they are all looking forward to next year’s retreat, which will include an element of fun team-building exercises as well as a focus on gender and culture.

Special thanks go to all our donors who sponsored this retreat! As well as Lewa Safari Camp and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy for their support – we could not have done this without you.

Firstly, on behalf of my family, I take this opportunity to thank and appreciate your effort of paying my school fees.  Secondly, the retreat that you cater for gives us an opportunity to interact with students from other parts of the country and helps us get exposed socially and academically.  I am looking forward to continue working with you again! – Hassan Abdi

Our bright scholars come from poor families and rely on people like you to give them the opportunity to go to school. Sharon, Fredy, Evalyn, Beatrice, Haron and Elosy still need help with funding for their school fees next year – click here to find out more about them and their individual funding needs, or feel free to write to us to find out more.

Bringing smiles to children

Land & Life Foundation, through Arusha Coffee Lodge, supports Plaster House – a home in Arusha that enables children from all over Tanzania to recover after they’ve had corrective orthopaedic, plastic or neurosurgery for a disability.

We provide the home with supplies, such as bedding, and contributed to the construction of the beautifully designed building.

We recently gave a donation of 200 bedsheets, 100 pillowcases and 100 towels graciously donated by Sopa Lodges and Elewana Collection.

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Seeing the smiles on the faces of the children upon receiving these gifts was priceless.

The home now has an ongoing programme with up to 100 children cared for at any one time. Medical staff supervise the children’s care, whilst housemothers look after them on a daily basis.

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If you wish to know more about Plaster House, please write to us at [email protected].

What would it take to drive away a 10-ton animal that is attacking a farmer’s hard earned harvest?  Well, Honeyguide Foundation – an organisation whose core mission is community-based conservation under the stewardship of Damian Bell have found an innovative and safe way of redirecting elephants off farmland especially during the busy harvesting seasons hence protecting the animals from deadly encounters with farmers.  This innovation comes in the form of a toolkit.

The kit comprises of an LED High Powered torch that acts as a visual irritant to the animals, fire horns that provide an auditory irritant, chili bomb comprising packets of chilli powder that burst on impact to provide mild physical irritant and roman candle fireworks that are auditory and visual irritants. The kits are provided to the village community human wildlife conflict teams and these teams are responsible for using the equipment on a day to day basis.

With a focus on northern Tanzania, Honeyguide operates in Community Wildlife Management Areas one of which is Randilen Wildlife Management Area (RWMA) located near Tarangire Treetops.

We – the Land & Life Foundation recently gave a donation of $4,900 to the Honeyguide Foundation. Our donation will go towards funding this Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation program at RWMA. You too can get involved in this noble conservation work.

If you want to know more about this or any other initiative undertaken by Land & Life Foundation, please feel free to contact our team