Our very own Arabuko-Sokoke Forest was recently included to be part of the biosphere reserves protected by UNESCO worldwide. Up until last year, the reserve had only covered the Marine National Park and Mida Creek tidal inlet. The forest,...
A little help goes a long way. This is felt first hand by the ASSETS team as they visit the homes surrounding Arabuko-Sokoke Forest to discuss bursary allocation details with the parents and guardians of the pupils who had...
This past month, A Rocha Kenya Environmental Education (EE) team held it’s bi-annual ‘ASSETS Awareness Week’, the second one this year since April. We went around the community surrounding Arabuko-Sokoke Forest as well as Mida creek to visit ASSETS...
The creation care programme was at it again, this time around at the Mulunguni PEFA church. With schools closed, there was a relatively higher number of young people attending the Sunday Church Service. We were on the Third sermon...
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...
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...
Greetings friends of A Rocha, It is with great pleasure that l take on this noble task to serve alongside ARK and the team. First I would like to thank the outgoing chair, Edwyn Kiptinness, who has headed the...
Farming,has for a long while been considered a female engagement especial for the very old women who stay at home as house wives. This is evident especially amongst the people down the coastal area of Kenya. John was indeed...
Worldwide, the Golden-rumped Elephant-Shrew exclusively inhabits the Malindi area. Neither elephant nor shrew it gets its name from its long, flexible trunk-like nose. Also known as a “sengi”, it is the size of a rabbit and occurs only in...