AWARENESS AND DE-SNARING WEEK

Posted on May 7, 2012 by beaty limo

Bush meat is a term used to describe meat taken from the wild. Historically, hunter-gatherer communities used bush meat as a source of protein in a sustainable way. Today however, bush meat poaching has evolved from a low subsistence activity to a huge commercial trade supplying urban and even international markets. Illegal poaching for bush meat has contributed significantly to wildlife loss and poses a great threat to species conservation.
Snares are indiscriminate, strategically positioned across animal tracks to capture, maim and kill wildlife, for this reason Soysambu Conservancy in collaboration with BORNFREE FOUNDATION team and Greensteds International School set aside a week to carry out De-snaring, Education and awareness activities as from 2nd may and ended on 6th, the work was well done as a total of seventeen snares was collected over the period.
Thanks team for you ensured the safety of our animals in the wild, keep it up.
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Community Education and Awareness Desk.

Briefing before De-Snaring.

Soysambu and BORNFREE Team.


: De-snaring Team

ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTIFICATION 2012

Posted on March 17, 2012 by beaty limo

This is an activity carried out every year in the third month, it is organized by Soysambu Conservancy in collaboration with the surrounding schools and wildlife stakeholder. This day 17th of March, it has been done by representatives of Soysambu Conservancy, Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp, Build Africa Kenya, four schools; Greensteds International, Kasambara Primary, Echariria primary and Kiboko primary. The participants were One Hundred and Forty Two (142).
The day was great with lots of fun and at the end of the day, Nairobi –Nakuru highway the area between St. Mary’s Hospital and Shiners Boys was clean.
Friends, lets reach out and talk of the goodness of a clean Environment to both humans, domestic and Wild animals .
Join us! Make Kenya Clean and Green.
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Community Education and Awareness Department.

The group at their starting point

Team after cleanup ready for a talk.

LAKE ELMENTEITA BIRD COUNT

Posted on January 28, 2012 by beaty limo

The January 2012 Water bird count for the Lake Elmenteita was carried out on the 21st as from 6: 00 am.The turn up for the volunteers was good over two hundred Volunteers Participated and fourteen groups were formed.Each group was assigned a portion of the Lake, and everything was fine. The wetland bird species for the lake was diverse with a great reduction in the flamingo numbers. The other observation was that the water level for the lake was very high.
The activity is usually organized by the Ornithology Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya in Collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service, and other Natural Resource Organizations.

Shared From:Community Education and Awareness Desk.

The White-Necked Cormorant on the Island

Cormorant drying the wings with the Grey-Headed Gulls.

WORLD AIDS DAY

Posted on December 3, 2011 by beaty limo

Have you ever spend time talking a bout events ,moments ,situations and activities that frequently happen and is known by everyone? Have you ever thought of an idea and felt that it’s a common one? the steps you take beyond what you think gives you approve, this is what drove Soysambu Conservancy in collaboration with Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp Wellness Staff on Thursday to a near by Community (Mbaruk) for An Education on the HIV/AIDS.
The guests were the Public Health officers from Gilgil, L.Elmenteita Serena Camp Manager and two Nurses , Community Education and Awareness officer Soysambu Conservancy,Ushirika Group from Kasambara and Home care Group Chairlady.
The turn up for the function was great, the theme was; whether you are HIV positive now, that is not the end of life.
Entertainment and Presentations were well done, the topics included what HIV/AIDS is, causes ,types, control measures, types of tests done and everything summarized with sex education and the VCT(Voluntary Counseling and Testing) services.
Together we can reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate.

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Beaty Limo,

Community Education and Awarenes Dpt.

Ushirika Group.

Education Section in progress by Mr.Were;Public Health Officer.

The Kasambara home care Orphans presenting a song.L.Elmenteita Serena Wellness Team.

NEW LOOK FOR KIBOKO PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS

Posted on November 26, 2011 by beaty limo

The 25th November 2011 shall remain a memorable day for Kiboko Primary School pupils of Soysambu Conservancy since it was a day of a great blessing , though it was a closing day for the Christmas holiday as usual , it was one of it’s own kind because what happened has never happened since the school started at around 1952.
The pupils were Donated new school uniforms and shoes by Adam dyer from the United States to celebrate the present giving day in a home away from home in the presence of the Soysambu Conservancy Chief Executive Officer( CEO ) , School PTA (Parents Teachers Association), and in return the children promised to keep within and around their compound clean: free from litter.

Kiboko Primary school is a public school within the Conservancy and has a population of Seventy Five pupils.

Kiboko is a Swahili word for the Hippopotamus.

Shared By: Beaty Limo

Community Education and Awareness Dept.