The title comes from the hearts of the Environmental and wildlife clubs members in the different schools around Dakatcha that A Rocha Kenya is working with. Dakatcha woodlands is an internationally recognised forest. It is home to some of...
In Dakatcha woodlands creation care and new livelihood opportunities has shown its potential, in an A Rocha project funded by Tearfund. Read about some of the people and communities that have been transformed. Since February 2016, A Rocha...
The journey in conservation continues to take endless turns and passages that have profoundly contributed in the realization of very fundamental truths about nature. In retrospect, A Rocha Kenya has been humbled by the achievements in conservation work and...
“I was introduced to Gabriel Katana in 1998 by his brother Safari as someone who would be good to take over the House Crow control fieldwork that Safari was no longer able to do. A tall, quiet and very...
“Conservationists of all persuasions have embarked on a quest for environmental sustainability but in the face of an acutely difficult task we all need to consider what would motivate us to achieve it”- Peter Harris (Kingfisher’s Fire). In retrospect,...
Towards the end of May A Rocha Kenya conducted a training on Care of Creation in five villages in Dakatcha. Since moisture (water) plays a pivotal role in the wellbeing of the rest of the creation, the film Water...
A Rocha Kenya continues to empower Dakatcha farmers with farming God`s Way; a form of conservation agriculture whose principles; agroforestry, mulching, zero tillage and crop rotation, boost soil fertility and yield hence discouraging farmers from clearing the forest for...
Question is; why God even in farming? Where is the connection? Crop farming is the principal economic activity in Coastal Kenya; especially for inhabitants found further mainland. However practices such as slash and burn, poor soil management techniques coupled...
A Rocha Kenya has for many years played a vital role in scientific data input especially in the distribution and status of bird species in Kenya and East Africa. Through intensive scientific research and monitoring, our team has...
Any of you who are familiar with the bird research done here at A Rocha Kenya will have heard of the Sokoke Scops Owl. This charismatic little bird is globally endangered and only found in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and...