Entries by landandlife

A boost for L&L Branding

Elewana Collection continues to market Land & Life Foundation as its only charity. To ensure that the L&L brand is prominently displayed in Elewana properties, all camp vehicles been branded with our logo. Additionally, the new guest experience cards have a section where guests tick if they have heard about L&L during their stay. These […]

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Good news for Esiteti Primary School

Earlier this year we received a donation of $42,000 from the A.E Reimann Foundation to fund our projects and activities at Esiteti Primary School near Tortilis camp. Part of the funds will go to the construction of 2 classrooms in the school to cater for the growing number of children in the school. We have already […]

Against all odds

He is a very brave little boy. He is only 5 years of age and he always greets strangers with a smile, despite the difficulty this causes him.  This little boy has a debilitating chronic condition which has left him confined to a bed. He finds it challenging doing simple tasks that we take for […]

A win for Shanga!

We are delighted to announce that our sister foundation, Shanga, has been awarded an award for “Outstanding Sustainability” at the 2016 Minor Awards of Excellence ceremony. Being placed 2nd from 32 submissions, Shanga was recognised for its outstanding contribution to the community and positive impacts on business, society and the environment. Shanga, the Swahili word […]

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A well deserved game drive!

Late last month, six children from Ololomei Primary School near Elephant Pepper Camp were delighted to win last term’s Wildlife Warrior Program Poster competition. The six drew a very creative and impressive poster that captured the theme ‘Living with Wildlife’, and presented the poster as a team, discussing the many themes of human-wildlife conflict from the […]

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Over $20,000 for Plaster House!

On Friday 24th March Land & Life Foundation co-hosted a Fundraising Gala at Arusha Coffee Lodge. With beer generously provided by Tanzania Breweries Limited and wine kindly provided by Upper Zonal Trading, there were plenty of drinks for everyone, and the lodge provided a fine spread of snacks for all guests. Prizes for the silent […]

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Toilet project at Embiti

Sanitation and hygiene in schools contributes to better health and educational outcome among school going children.  But just for a moment, imagine attending a primary school with no toilet!   This has been the situation at Embiti Primary School near Sand River Mara since the school was founded six years ago. That was until last year […]

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Tales from the Mara

Last week I visited our supported projects at the Masai Mara.  My first stop was Ololomei Primary School near Elephant Pepper Camp (EPC) where I met the children and teachers and donated some textbooks to the school. Together with one of EPC’s guides Boniface, we held a Wildlife Warrior Poster competition based on this term’s […]