Tag: Segera
Education, Sport and Segera—the teaming up of vital links in the Laikipia community
Segera is in the process of developing learning opportunities on the retreat that engage students in conservation and wildlife awareness, both within the classroom and in the field.
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Fashion moves Kenyan communities away from poverty
The craftswomen of Kenya are known the world over for their fashion pieces and beadwork. In an effort to empower communities in and around Segera Long Run Destination, the Zeitz Foundation is teaming up with Ethical Fashion, a programme of the United Nations and World Trade Organisation’s International Trade Centre designed to connect the discerning international fashion community with marginalized groups in Africa. Guided by fair labour principles, this new project, expected to start at the end of September 2010, aims to move thousands of people out of poverty through the production of fashionable goods.
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Segera’s Jirani na Mazingira Committees ‘Look and Learn’
Twenty eight members of the Segera Jirani na Mazingira committees went on a one day tour of the Kalama community conservancy within the Northern Rangelands Trust. Jirani na Mazingira – a Kiswahili term loosely translated as ‘neighbours and the environment’ – is a community initiative that was started by Segera Long Run Destination to rally its neighbours behind various conservation initiatives as well as to enhance community cohesion and dialogue. The ‘Look and Learn’ concept is one that encourages communities to learn from each other and borrow best practice. The aim of this trip was to find out about the Kalama community’s approach to natural resource management and wildlife conservation; as well as share lessons learnt and challenges faced in conservation.
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The Long Run launches in Kenya
Usain Bolt, Colin Jackson and Jochen Zeitz, in Kenya as part of the official launch of the Zeitz Foundation and The Long Run initiative, were enthusiastically received in Nairobi on Friday. During their 4-day visit to Kenya and to Segera, one of the nine Long Run Destinations, they experienced Kenya’s rich heritage and environment culminating in Bolt and Jackson being made honorary Maasi warriors and adopting endangered wildlife.
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Sukutan Spring
When you hear the words Sukutan Spring, your mind may fly to the recent spate of political ‘springs’ that have been the subject of much media attention in the recent past, or conjure up images of budding flowers and trees. But the Sukutan Spring is an actual natural spring that for centuries has been the source of water for the people of Sukutan – a small community in Laikipia District in Kenya, which shares a border with Segera ranch. Sadly, a dark cloud looms over this spring that has for so long supported the lives of the hundreds of people in Sukutan, their cattle and the wildlife in the area - that of climate change.
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