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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1618963747959{background-color: #331b18 !important;}”][vc_column bg_cws_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cws_size=”contain” bg_image_position=”left_center” css=”.vc_custom_1565852934776{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ place_ahead=”1″ mobile_paddings=”300px 0px 0px 0px” inner_col_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” inner_col_bg_size=”cover” inner_col_bg_position=”center_top” css=”.vc_custom_1698026524289{padding-left: 0px !important;background: #ffffff url(https://ewasolions.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ewaso-Lion_Anthony-Ochieng-73-e1698026260764.jpg?id=8666) !important;}”][vc_raw_html css=”” el_class=”photo-credit”]JTNDc3BhbiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIycGhvdG8tY3JlZGl0JTIyJTNFJUMyJUE5JTIwQW50aG9ueSUyME9jaGllbmclM0MlMkZzcGFuJTNFJTBB[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1565853015695{padding: 65px !important;background-color: #331b18 !important;}”][cws_sc_text subtitle_state=”inline-block” custom_subtitle_color=”#ffffff” custom_title_color=”#ffffff” title=”Our Vision And Mission”]When we began only 11 lions were known, mostly all confined to protected areas. Now the ecosystem boasts over 60 lions, including cubs. The key question now is: What is our hope for lions for the next few years in northern Kenya?
- The African lion population has declined by 43% in the last 20 years and lions now occupy only 8% of their historical range in Africa. The estimated numbers of lions across Africa are approximately 20,000. In Kenya, the national population now numbers less than 2,500 individuals. This reduction in lion numbers is primarily due to habitat loss and conflict with humans, typically when lions kill people’s livestock.
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- The African lion population has declined by 43% in the last 20 years and lions now occupy only 8% of their historical range in Africa. The estimated numbers of lions across Africa are approximately 20,000. In Kenya, the national population now numbers less than 2,500 individuals. This reduction in lion numbers is primarily due to habitat loss and conflict with humans, typically when lions kill people’s livestock.
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- Vision – A secure future for lions and other large carnivores in a dynamic cultural landscape, achieved through community-led conservation.
- Mission – Ewaso Lions is dedicated to conserving lions and other large carnivores by promoting continued coexistence between people and wildlife, through a Community-Led Conservation model that places communities at the centre of every decision, programme and outcome.
- The 2026–2028 Strategic Plan is a roadmap for scaling community leadership, integrating rigorous science, drawing on cultural traditions and strengthening institutional capacity, so that people and lions continue to share this landscape.
- Our 2023-2025 strategy represents Ewaso Lions second intentional vision-casting process since the inception of our organisation. This time, we chose an Appreciative Inquiry Approach.
With a focus on our strengths and what the team and our partners really felt the organisation would excel and push us into our niche, we began Discovering, Dreaming, Designing and Envisaging our Destiny.

