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Wildlife/ Nature/People Conservancy Project
Project: Nature and Wildlife Conservancy Theme: Human & wildlife Interaction Location: Tsavo National Park Length of placement:;-open Accommodation::;- family stay Preferred languages: English Volunteer groups: Single, partner or more than 5 people Area attractions: Kenyan Wildlife, landscapes and culture

Project’s Background:
The Taita Tsavo Wildlife and Nature Conservancy project is located in Talio village. The local people have mostly been affected and disturbed by the growing movement of the wildlife. The community youth started the project with the aim of wildlife and human beings to live in harmony and to protect animals in the wildnerness.

The village falls under the Tsavo ecosystem and faces development challenges: the community members living there are mixed farmers-planting crops and keeping animals such as cow goats and sheep. The area is a semi-arid zone where the expected rainfall per year is less than 1000mm.This unreliable and unpredictable weather pattern can not support any meaningful agricultural activities hence struggle for scarce resources is always the order of the day.

Due to this village proximity to the National park, the biggest challenge remains the ever raising cases of Human/Wildlife conflict particularly the community vs the elephants. Cases of crops damaged by marauding elephants are rampant, creating community apathy to wildlife conservation efforts. The youth are particularly affected, due to rising unemployment rate. On education circle, the impact is big as academic standards have declined. Children can not make it to school very early in the morning and have to leave early because of elephants.

Volunteer Role:
Volunteers will be living close to buffalo, elephants, black rhino and other species of wild animals around the 15 000 acres of Talio Tsavo ecosystem conservancy area. You will witness incredible animal relationships, hear their sounds, record vital information, and learn the appreciation of simplicity from the surrounding rural communities. You will also work close to the youth in this nature protection conservancy program.

The following are volunteers' tasks and roles in the project:
Desnaring  Killing Elephants Corridors. Conservation Education program Elephant Dung paper initiative Tree planting program Develop the protected areas Lobbying & creating awareness in the community about wildlife Initiating wildlife conservation activities

Project activity :
The sanctuary is open 7 days a week from 8am to 6pm for pupils and in this project, there are morning and afternoon activities so volunteers can take the morning or afternoon duties or both according to their preference.

Orientation:
You will receive an orientation at the beginning of your programme in Malaika Ecotourism office in Nairobi Kenya and then at the project together with the community. It will cover what you can get involved with at your project, how to stay safe and the opportunity to ask any questions that you may have.

Please Note

Malaika facilitates all its programmes, in projects which are managed by the local communities. This is to ensure the sustainably of the project. The information received by volunteers before being on the ground is as accurate as possible. However, due to the very nature of the projects, the exact details of what happens during the project might evolve.

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