Community Livelihood

The conservancy works to improve the people and wildlife’s access to some of the basic needs that will help improve the quality of life within the region, below are some of the resources

We invest in education to help the neighbouring community while also changing attitudes and behaviours toward conservation. The educational initiatives of the conservancy are intended to Integrating conservation and environmental education into classroom activities provides all children in the region with the opportunity to learn and earn a living while also highlighting the benefits of conservation efforts. fencing for schools to prevent wildlife from entering; building and infrastructural renovations to support the school’s learning grounds; learning materials to ensure continuity of education at all times; and the hiring of trained teaching staff to improve the educational standards provided within the schools.

Wildlife conflict still remains one of the challenges facing the conservancy and common water sources acting as point of conflict. School children had been affected by the influx of elephants into school compounds in search of water. School children can now attend classes safely after solar powered fences were constructed around 7 schools to mitigate human wildlife conflict. Also, concrete water storage tanks 50,000m3 each have been renovated in 6 schools and a 100,000m3 tank constructed in one school to enhance education for sustainable development.