Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann is an Italian born Kenyan who established the Laikipia Nature Conservancy in Ol Ari Nyiro – which means the “place of great springs” in the local Maa language – an area on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, in the north Kenyan region of Laikipia: what used to be a ranch is now a protected

Kenya’s Ghetto Classics Orchestra tackles juvenile crime with music

Kenya’s Ghetto Classics Orchestra tackles juvenile crime with music

Korogocho, Kenya, is Nairobi’s third slum. It rises on the huge mountain of trash of Dandora landfill (the capital’s biggest dumpsite) and about 200,000 people live there in tin sheds built on an area of approximately one and a half square kilometers. Unlike Muthaiga, one of Nairobi’s wealthiest areas located less than two kilometres away from

The conservation success story of the sacred forest in Kenya

The conservation success story of the sacred forest in Kenya

About 800 years ago, the Digo people were pushed out of Somalia and Northern Kenya following ethnic tensions. They migrated to the South Coast of Kenya to establish themselves deep within the forest. There, they built Kayas, meaning ‘home’ or ‘village’ in the local dialect. In every Kaya, you could find huts, graveyards, and a

Colobus Conservation, restoring Kenya’s coasts to protect monkeys

Colobus Conservation, restoring Kenya’s coasts to protect monkeys

The rare Angolan black and white colobus monkey lives high in the trees and hardly ever comes down to the ground. It is a leaf eater and the forest is essential to its survival. On the southern coast of Kenya, where the coral rag forests which are extremely rich in biodiversity have slowly been disappearing in favour of

Kenya, the giants club protecting elephants from poaching

Kenya, the giants club protecting elephants from poaching

Saving elephants from poaching and extinction means safeguarding the African ecosystem, the tourism industry and a crucial part of the continent’s common heritage. This is why the Giants Club has met in Nanyuki, Kenya. It is an exclusive group that brings together African heads of state, environmental NGOs, global business leaders and zoologists. Ivory means