Newsletter – Jan 2024 - Community & Wildlife Conservation

January 2024 | Newsletter

Community Wildlife and Conservation is a Non-Governmental Organization that was founded during the Covid 19 pandemic with the aim of supporting the local community, conserving wildlife, and promoting local tourism

Featured This Month

School Bursary: CWC awarded 5 beneficiaries of the secondary school bursary from the 2023 KCPE candidates. 3 of them are from the LUMO Community, and 2 of them from Samburu community.
Food Donation: We delivered the termly food ration of the school including rice, beans, porridge flour, cooking oil, sugar and salt.
Plastic For Books: From the last years 470 kg of plastics collected from the individual schools last year, we were able to distribute 65 copies of text books to 9 schools.
Community Youth Engagement: CWC supports and engage youth groups as ambassadors of wildlife conservation and environmental conservation to other youths and the community.
Upcoming Projects: Check out our upcoming projects and learn more about us.

Community Engagement

Secondary School Bursary

During the month, CWC awarded 5 beneficiaries of the secondary school bursary from the 2023 KCPE candidates. 3 are from the LUMO Community and 2 of them are from the Samburu community. The three winners from LUMO represented three ranches, Lualenyi, Mramba, and Oza. These students obtained 392, 382, and 348 marks, securing chances to join Kenyatta High School, Chogoria Girls High School, and Dr. Aggrey High School consecutively.

Together with Soroi Larsens Camp and Soroi Samburu Lodge, CWC launched for the first time a secondary school scholarship in Samburu. The sponsorship involved 10 schools in Archer’s post and fully covers the tuition fees, from form 1 to form 4, of the top student from the zone. For the 2023 KCPE, the top student scored 387 marks and was from Lorubae Primary School who got admitted to Meru School. In addition to the organization paying the tuition fees, it went the extra mile of helping the parents do the student’s school shopping by catering 75% of the shopping budget, something out of the sponsorship provision.

Also, CWC sponsored a girl who was second in the region, as the girl’s family could not raise funds for her education. The girl scored 382 marks, from the Waso Muslim primary and got a chance to join Chogoria Girls’ High School.

CWC does follow up with their sponsorship beneficiaries, to check out on their way of conduct while in school.

Food Donation Program

Latika Primary Support

During the month, we delivered the termly food ration of the school including rice, beans, porridge flour, cooking oil, sugar and salt. We also gave out a stationery package for each of the students, courtesy of guests visiting Soroi Lions Bluff Lodge. CWC also continues to support the payment of one of the school’s teachers as well as the cook.

community Conservation

Plastic for Books

January marked a very significant step for our “Plastics for Books” project. From the last years 470 kg of plastics collected from the individual schools last year, we were able to distribute 65 copies of textbooks to 9 schools including Kongoni Primary, Maktau Primary, Msorongo Primary, Mnengwa Primary, Godoma Primary, Mwashuma Primary, Mlughi Primary, Mwashoti Primary and Nyolo Primary.

Community Youth Engagement

Youth Support – Exotica Football Club & Samburu Affirmative Project

CWC supports and engages youth groups as ambassadors of wildlife conservation and environmental conservation to other youths and the community. Among the youth groups, is Exotica Football Club, whom CWC has supported with soccer kits and plans to continue engaging them in various conservation and environmental activities. Also, CWC looks forward to partnering with these youth groups in all environmental activities the organisation plans to conduct for the community.

Upcoming "Plastic For Books Launch"

The activity will also launch the “The Plastics for Books” project. The projects aim to create a plastic-free environment, within the schools as well as around their homes. The plastics collected, we be taken by the CWC for recycling, and the proceeds as used to buy books for their school libraries.

Some of the upcoming projects

Clean-up
CWC has planned a clean-up activity at Archer’s post to be done on Saturday 10th, February 2024. The clean-up will involve 4 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 youth groups at Archer’s post. As awards, the schools will get textbooks for their school libraries.
The activity will also launch the “The Plastics for Books” project. The projects aim to create a plastic-free environment, within the schools as well as around their homes. The CWC will take the plastics collected for recycling, and the proceeds will be used to buy books for their school libraries.
Digital Literacy Lab
CWC is in the process of equipping a computer lab at Archers Post-Samburu with computers and furniture. The lab will serve schools in the Waso region.