SOYSAMBU CONSERVANCY AND NATIONAL MUSEUMS MAMMALS SURVEY.

Posted on December 19, 2011 by beaty limo

The aim of the survey was to provide understanding on meso and small mammals of the Soysambu conservancy. This is aimed at enhancing conservation given that several species in this category have potential in use in monitoring for habitat change.
Assorted traps including mist nets for bats, tomahawk and Sherman for mammals were used.
The traps were set in selected habitats that reflect habitat categories in the range.
Immediate output of this short survey is a species inventory and a poster which we could co-authored by National Museums of Kenya and Soysambu Conservancy for conservation/research office to support decision making by the management. A longer survey will follow to exhaustively record all species in the Soysambu Conservancy.
The survey was done from Friday evening to Sunday evening. The rodents were measured dissected,sampled and preserved.

The team is getting ready to set traps

Searching for suitable locations for traps.

Open lab ready for dissection.

Dissection and labelling.

Measuring the Zebra mouse.

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.

Shared By:

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.

The New uniforms:Dresses, Shirts and Shorts.

Adam Dyer arranging the Shoes as per sizes before Donating.

Uniform Allocation

Pupils in their new uniforms

The Pupils Celebrates for the new look with Adam through an African Dance.

Kiboko Primary Pupils Promising to keep their Environment Clean

Pollinators season

Posted on November 24, 2011 by beaty limo

Pollination is a keystone process in both human-managed and natural terrestrial ecosystems. It is critical for food production and human livelihoods, and directly links wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems. The vast majority of flowering plant species only produce seeds if animal pollinators move pollen from the anthers to the stigmas of their flowers. Without this service, many interconnected species and processes functioning within an ecosystem would collapse. With well over 200,000 flowering plant species dependent on pollination from over 100,000 other species, pollination is critical to the overall maintenance of biodiversity in many senses. Animal pollinators allow many kinds of flowering plants to coexist in an ecosystem, rather than restricting it to the lower-diversity stands of wind-pollinated plants that dominated before the flowering plants evolved. Pollination services thus shape plant communities and determine fruit and seed availability, providing tremendously important food and habitat resources for other animals.