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Lion Kids Camp Alumni Come Home

September 26, 2026

They came as children. They are returning as conservation leaders. In 2025, we set an ambitious goal: to bring 500 Lion Kids Camp (LKC) alumni back to Samburu in 2026 for a series of Reunion Camps. Young people who first attended when they were eight, ten, or twelve years old, and who are now teenagers, […]

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Jamani: A Success Story

June 30, 2026

33 kilometres. On foot. Alone. That is how far 8-year-old Jamani Lororua walked through Westgate and Meibae Conservancies to find his way to our main camp — a place he had seen just once, pointed out during his first Lion Kids Camp.

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Mama Simba’s habitat recovery takes root

June 24, 2026

If you have been following the Mama Simba habitat recovery journey, you know this moment has been a long time coming. What started as an initiative for the Mama Simba to recover the land that lions and local communities depend on is becoming real — rooted. A story of patience, learning, and building with your […]

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Kura’s Pride Just Got a Powerful Boost

June 23, 2026

At Ewaso Lions, through community-led conservation, we have seen how strategic impact happens when people who know their neighbours, understand local concerns, and have earned their trust lead the conversation. That is exactly what Kura’s Pride is building in Westgate Community Conservancy through the Kura’s Pride Ambassadors.

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A Mega Launch, Two Reunion Camps, and Seven Lion Kids Camps

June 22, 2026

The Lion Kids Camp Is Officially Open Nine hundred people showed up. Nine hundred people who believe that communities hold the future of conservation gathered to mark a historic moment for Ewaso Lions. The official opening of the newly upgraded Lion Kids Camp. The ceremony was officiated by the Governor of Samburu County, H.E. Hon....

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A New Home for a New Generation of Conservation Leaders

April 1, 2026

Lion Kids Camp has been transformed. When we launched in 2013, we squeezed 15 eager children into basic shelters, taught under the shade of Acacia trees, hired vehicles, and dreamed of the day we could reach more young people across northern Kenya. The energy was always there.

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BIG CATS: A Story of Coexistence in Northern Kenya

April 2, 2026

Looking through the lens at the northern Kenyan horizon, we don’t just see wildlife. We see stories of transformation, of people reclaiming their connection to the land, and of lions finding safety in places once marked by conflict. In this landscape, lions face mounting threats:...

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WELLBEING INTERNATIONAL: Ewaso Lions: The Power of Community-led Conservation

January 7, 2026

By Guy Pfeffermann Livestock and wildlife live along the Ewaso River in Kenya’s northern rangelands, a region frequently affected by prolonged droughts. Livestock are existential for the Samburu people in the region. In the words of Lavias Lekuuk, a Samburu elder: “We are a...

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MONGABAY: Women can help rebuild our relationship with lions: Voices from the land (commentary)

January 7, 2026

This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our relationship...

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FINANCIAL TIMES: The Kenyan conservationist on the animals she loved and the battle to protect her country’s wildlife

April 22, 2024

FT Magazine Life & Arts: The Kenyan conservationist on the animals she loved and the battle to protect her country’s wildlife Shivani Bhalla on tracking lions: ‘You get to know them so well’ By Hester Lacey The Financial Times’ Hester Lacey sat down with Ewaso LionsR...

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THE TIMES: How to save Africa’s lions? Ask the men who used to hunt them

April 22, 2024

The sun is rising high over northern Kenya, the air is hot and dry, and a young man is quietly making his way through the rocky scrubland that stretches for miles in every direction. His name is Lkasian Leringato and he is bare-chested and adorned with the elaborate bead jeweller...

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CONSERVATION OPTIMISTS: Meet the optimists with Shivani Bhalla

December 27, 2023

Meet the optimists: Shivani Bhalla Born and raised in Kenya, Dr. Shivani Bhalla believes the key to lion conservation is working in partnership with local communities. She founded Ewaso Lions in 2007 to promote co-existence between carnivores and people, and she and her team have...

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THE NATION: Samburu women protecting lions for the good of ecosystem

August 28, 2023

As the world wobbles from the effects of climate change, communities that were hitherto peacefully coexisting with wildlife are now finding themselves at loggerheads with the animals as spaces between continue to shrink. The growing incidents of human-wildlife conflict have been...

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April 23, 2023

BBC News: 2023 Whitley Gold Award winner & lion conservationist, Shivani Bhalla

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