The Maasailand Preservation Trust Community Projects

MAASAILAND PRESERVATION TRUST

Various projects have been exclusively directed to sustain and enrich the fragile environment; its traditional people and natural wildlife. There has to be a way for the people and their land to benefit from sufficient returns from the wildlife in order for them to continue co-existing, or the wildlife would have to give way.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

The Maasailand Preservation Trust Wardens and Rangers:
The Trust is proudly supported by the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, Artemis Investment Management and Safaricom Marathon which has given the Trust a huge boost in the form of a Super Cub Aircraft. View a recent article published in TUSK Magazine.

Pictured left is the Maasailand Preservation Trust Wardens, Rangers - with their bloodhound trackers, members of the Maasai Community who have pledged to end the killing of lions in the Chyulu Hills, and the Super Cub light aircraft.
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Mbirikani Group Ranch Mobile Health Clinic.
Established by the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS This is funded by a private United States foundation and is based in Mbirikani village but also visits the more remote areas when people are unable to travel. There are hopes for the future construction of a large fixed based clinic to continue looking after the health of the indigenous people.

Amboseli/Tsavo Game Scout Association:
The Game Scouts are involved, primarily, with the prevention of poaching but despite all efforts, the bush meat trade is still on the increase. The scouts are also called upon to help protect small-scale farmers from crop raiding wildlife. The human/wildlife conflict has become a primary issue in Kenya today.
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Chyulu Rhino Project:
The Maasailand Preservation Trust, and KWS rangers, together with other organizations, is responsible for enhancing security and monitoring the endangered Chyulu rhino for their protection, probably the last remaining population of wild black rhino in Kenya today.

Reafforestation Project:
There is a tree nursery in Mbiriakani Village concerntrating on the replanting of indigenous trees in the area.

Education:
This is the priority of the Trust and has already constructed six classrooms all with teaching aids. We plan to start an environmental education program dealing with land degradation and problems associated with pastoralism marginal areas.

View the 2006/2007 Maasailand Preservation Trust Project Update Document