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Friends of Conservation
Southcombe Business Centre
11-12 Southcombe Street
London W14 0RA
Tel: 020 7348 3408
Email: focinfo@aol.com |
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Schools Programme
Every year our wildlife clubs attract some 1,300 children from 26 schools in the Mara area. The clubs offer the children a wide range of activities such as nature walks, tree planting, guided trips into the Reserve and ‘grow your own lunch’ schemes. Each school joining the FOC clubs is donated a ‘book box’ packed with books on the environment, wildlife and their national heritage.
We hope to double the number of schools involved in the programme and ultimately to develop an environmental package that can be incorporated in to the national curriculum. |
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Communities Programme
| We believe that if we help to support the alleviation of poverty through diversifying environmentally sustainable income generating activities, communities themselves will not only be able to reduce destructive practices carried out on the environment but also be encouraged it to be seen as a financial asset. This in turn will encourage the conservation of the natural resources and wildlife. |
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| Through
our
community
centre
at
Talek,
we
are
working
with
a
number
of
women’s
groups
to
develop
skills
in
bee-keeping,
medicinal
plants
and
alternative
fuels.
The
honey
produced
through
a
community
group’s
hive,
is
sold
to
lodges
on
the
Reserve
as
well
as
nearby
towns. |
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| With Base Camp Explorer, an eco-tourism lodge built close to our centre at
Talek, we have instigated an ‘Arts and Crafts’ project. This builds on the traditional skills Maasai women possess in leather and beadwork and supports them with design, quality control, group management and market access for their products. At present five women’s groups involving more than 200 members participate in the project and many more women would like to join. The women are not only able to take away an improved skill, but also a small wage that enables them to begin to improve their lifestyle. |
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FOC continues to campaign for sound tourism practices inside the Masai Mara National Reserve and aims to educate tourists and tour operators to respect Kenya’s fragile ecosystem for the benefit and enjoyment of others. FOC has developed the ‘Safari Code’ ‘Beach Code’ and the ‘Traveller’s Code’ and is striving to have these principles adopted worldwide to promote tourists’ critical role in wildlife conservation. |
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| If you would like to support FOC’s forestry work in Kenya, please
click here.
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