Remember your first school trip? The excitement you felt and how, as the days drew closer, you prayed harder that nothing would happen to derail it or have it postponed? For any outdoor activity, the prayer would be that...
Have you ever stayed at the Mwamba Conservation Center or been to the Kenyan beaches and spotted tiny pinkish crabs scampering really fast? If you have, then you might have spotted the Pink Ghost Crab, scientific name Ocypode ryderi. ...
A Rocha teams around the world highly value the work of volunteers, and it’s always a joy for us to meet new people and work alongside them. The Mwamba team has recently welcomed new volunteers, so let’s have a...
Seagrass beds support a large variety of associated flora and fauna. A vital part of the marine ecosystem due to their productivity levels, seagrass provides ecological roles and ecosystem services such as carbon storage, feeding grounds for coral reef...
After much planning, the day was finally here! The A Rocha Kenya science team was busy loading camping equipment, food items, insect trapping apparatus, and doing the last checks to ensure that nothing had been left out. Led by...
A Rocha Kenya’s quest for endangered species and habitats spans wide from underwater marine to the coastal forests surrounding the area. One such forest is the Arabuko-Sokoke, the largest remnant of a dry coastal forest that originally stretched from...
A Rocha Kenya’s Mwamba Conservation Centre boasts of the great diversity in flora and fauna that surrounds the area. The Mwamba Nature Trail is one of these gems well known to host numerous species of birds, butterflies, beetles, lizards,...
As part of the ASSETS programme, parents and beneficiaries are engaged in conservation activities seeking to ensure that the integrity of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is preserved. To this end, beekeeping is one of the alternative livelihood activities introduced to the...
Praise and worship songs could be heard from the entrance of the nature trail in the forest surrounding A Rocha Kenya’s Mwamba Field Study Centre. As the norm, every Monday our staffs meet in the morning for a time...
Team-outing is one of those moments that we look forward to. It’s always a great time to bond, play, pray, relax, see and learn a few things!This we we thought why not get into the woods! It was a...