We made a short video message to wish you a very happy and peaceful holiday. 2015 was a great year and we look forward to a big year ahead for lions and local communities in northern Kenya. Thank you for all your support!
Double Your Impact for Lions! Matching Gift Opportunity
A Matching Gift Will Double the Impact of Your Donation for Lions
Every single day this year, our team was in the field working to conserve lions in northern Kenya. It was a year of challenges and also a time of growth for our programmes. We are so fortunate to have an incredibly strong team and close partners who work together with local communities to stop the alarming decline of lions.
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All of us at Ewaso Lions are confident more than ever that our approach to conservation not only protects lions and other large carnivores, but is also key to helping local communities willingly embrace wildlife conservation in northern Kenya.
We are so grateful for the part you play in conservation. Your gift makes the difference between conserving Africa’s most iconic big cat and seeing them disappear.
With best wishes,
The Ewaso Lions Team
Your donation goes directly to our lion conservation efforts in Kenya.
Jeneria Wins Wildlife Warrior Award from Houston Zoo
Jeneria won Houston Zoo’s Wildlife Warrior award for his work protecting Kenya’s lions.
The Houston Zoo has awarded our very own Jeneria Lekilelei with their Wildlife Warrior Award. The Award recognizes exceptional local employees from wildlife conservation programmes and provides an experience that will increase their abilities/knowledge.
Thanks to the Houston Zoo, Jeneria is attending a conservation management and leadership training course run by the Durrell Conservation Academy. The course, based in Cambridge, is designed to strengthen the management and leadership skills of conservation professionals working in challenging conditions – which makes Jeneria the perfect candidate.
“The Houston Zoo has given me a very big opportunity thanks to their award,” said Jeneria. “The Durrell course will teach me skills I will use with my warriors in Kenya to keep lions, people, and livestock safe.”
The skills and knowledge he will gain from this course will not only impact his professional development, but also enable him and his team to address human-carnivore conflict issues more effectively. Ultimately, this will strengthen Ewaso Lions’ mission of securing a future for lions by mitigating conflict and preventing retaliatory attacks on lions and other large carnivores.
This is one of two awards Jeneria has received – together with the Conservation Hero Award from the Disney Conservation Fund. We at Ewaso Lions congratulate Jeneria.
Thank you, friends at Houston Zoo!