Samburu National Reserve (Park) border is adjacent to West Gate School in Samburu, Kenya. The reserve plays an important role in preserving natural habitat for some of Africa's most threatened animal species.
One of the species under human pressure is the elephant.
As one simple example, water is in such short supply students from the school must enter the reserve — risking encounters with elephants (plus other large herbivores and carnivores) — to the only reliable local source of water: a watering hole frequented by the park's wild animals.
The danger to students is very high.
The interaction with humans is disquieting to the animals. A no-win situation.
Save the Elephants (www.savetheelephants.org) joins Solar Monkey in sponsoring our West Gate School sustainable water and energy project. This partnership is an excellent example of how ECOLIFE FOUNDATION creates partnerships and leverages the combined efforts of several organizations (and indigenous peoples) into a win-win situation. Effects are multiplied:
• Students learn environmental stewardship
• Indigenous peoples benefit from improved ecosystem
• Elephants are protected
• All three organizations benefit
Explore how this simple change can affect Africa's cycle of poverty and depletion. LEARN MORE >>
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