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...
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...
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...
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...
Education (formal or informal) is the basis for all of life including environmental matters. To increase environmental awareness and also improve ecological knowledge Environmental Education is important, so that we can know the actions to take to help improve...
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...
The Dakatcha Woodlands are an internationally important Key Biodiversity Area home to globally rare and threatened species of birds and mammals. Furthermore it is marginal land for agriculture being semi-arid and not getting better given a drying climate. A...
Ever heard of moult strategies? At Mida Creek each year thousands of migrant waders drop their feathers and grow new ones ready to take them up to 8,000 km to their breeding grounds – and back. Now studied in...