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Let’s stand by Fredy

Meet Fredy

Meet Fredy, he’s one of our Wildlife Warriors and a star pupil who just completed his first year at secondary school. He’s very smart, ranking top of his class, enjoys all his lessons (his favourite subjects are Biology and Physics) and like many boys his age, loves football and athletics. More than anything, Freddy loves attending school.

Fredy lives with his extended family near Kitich Camp in the Mathews Mountain Range – an area of outstanding natural beauty and a place that means so much to him. He’s determined to help protect his home and areas like it, by becoming a Manager of Conservation at Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy.

Just one year ago, Fredy’s future was uncertain. He is an orphan and currently lives with his ageing grandmother who can’t afford to pay for his education. However, thanks to the unwavering support of our friends and supporters at Land & Life Foundation, he is now attending and excelling in school, and his future looks brighter than ever. You can be part of that future too.

$200 will cover Fredy’s tuition for one school term in his fourth and final year. Please stand by Fredy and donate now to help him finish school.

With eight new scholars enrolling as Wildlife Warriors, we need your help:

  • $200 will pay for one child’s tuition for one school term of their secondary schooling
  • $600 will pay for one child’s tuition for one year of secondary school
  • $2,200 will pay for one child’s tuition for the entire four years of secondary school

All your support & generosity goes a long way in investing in the future of our scholars and communities. Please join us today to give promising youngsters like Fredy a brighter tomorrow.

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885 lives changed for the better at Aitong Medical Camp

We’ve just finished holding our 5th Aitong Medical Camp and we are pleased to report it was our biggest success yet. It’s fantastic to see the impact that these camps have on the local community and I want to extend a huge thank you to everyone involved.

The camp, which ran from November 1st – 3rd was only possible by working in partnership with Elewana Collection’s Elephant Pepper Camp, Kicheche Community trust, and Safarilink Aviation and brought vital medical services, support and supplies to the people around Aitong.

There was a lot of hard work to get the camp running and even more meant we could help hundreds of people each day. The community has no regular access to medical services, so the camp is literally a lifeline for many of them.

This years’ medical camp focussed on:

  • Gynecology and obstetrics (childbirth and midwifery)
  • Adult health
  • Paediatrics
  • Dentistry

We had six dedicated specialists (2 Gynecologists, 1 General Practitioner, 1 Pediatrician and 2 Dentists) who were kind enough to offer their services for free. Through their efforts, they managed to treat an unbelievable total of 885 patients in only three days!

Not only is this a fantastic result but also a tremendous increase from the previous medical camp. That’s nearly a thousand people who are in much better health, who have received the care and attention they need and can start to live better lives.

But that’s not all. Together with our partner, Kicheche Community Trust, we also donated medical supplies worth USD 685, so even more people got access to both the expertise and the medicine they needed.

Once again, I’d just like to say a very sincere and heartfelt thank you to the medics for giving up their time to be part of the medical camp, to everyone at Elephant Pepper & Kicheche Camps for hosting them during the medical camp and to everyone else who made the event such a vital success. The positive impact on the community will be felt in so many ways and we can’t wait to see what we can do next year!

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Bringing the wildlife to the Warriors

The theme for this year’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is “it’s your story – don’t lose it”. We’ve found the perfect way to promote the day as part of our Wildlife Warrior Program.

In partnership with local schools, the Wildlife Warrior Program gives community leaders of tomorrow, the skills and experience to work in harmony with the environment and wildlife, protecting them for generations to come. By educating students today, we hope to build a bright and sustainable future.

We have recently introduced the use of conservation videos in our program. This has given us the opportunity to teach conservation themes in a more practical and exciting way to the students. And the more we can engage the students, the more they are likely to excel at their studies.

In the recent past, we have shown conservation videos to children from some of our supported schools. This has been received with great joy by both the children and the teachers – some of whom have had the chance to see motion pictures for the first time in their lives.

The videos have had a really positive effect on the children, bringing the subjects even more to life as it broadens their understanding of nature and wildlife conservation. The films can add a new depth to the studies, showing how conservation works at both local and international levels.

After the great success we’ve had so far, we’ll continue to show the films to all our supported schools and hope to continue the fantastic impact they’ve had.