S4C Projects

Can You Help Us?

Here are just some of our current projects in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.  We like to be relied upon so want to continue to support these projects. We are also open to new projects as long as they are sustainable.

Projects

Elephant Fence
Campsite Construction
Conservation Data Collection
Rangeland Rehabilitation
Mobile Medical Clinics
Mobile Conservation Education
Private Game Ranch Conservation
Forestry Development
St. Stevens Childrens Home
Nanyuki Children’s Home
Teaching English/Sports
School construction and beautification

Our project portfolio is something we pride ourselves on. The ethos of Rift Valley Adventures is to give as much to the local communities as possible, either income through lodge and camp fees and visits to places of cultural significance to working on one of our many projects.

With so many projects on offer there is definitely something for everyone. Our link with a neighbourhood ranch, Mpala Research Centre, who host resident researchers from Princeton and other global Universities means your conservation project is serious and beneficial. All data that is collected is analysed with the results being used to benefit the wildlife and people of Laikipia.

Elephant Fence

Help maintain a human/wildlife conflict elephant fence with our forest rangers on the UNESCO World heritage site, Mt, Kenya.

Campsite Construction

A good way for communities to earn money. Your hard work constructing a simple campsite pays off, where the local community can earn income from travelers using the site. Great for all types of groups.

Conservation Data Collection

From animal density counts to flora surveys along researcher chosen transacts, the data that is collected is analysed by a team of researchers to help with human/wildlife conflict, conserve rangelands and use best practices for livestock, human and wildlife co-existence.

School Construction and Beautification

There are plenty of schools that require assistance and there is always something to do. From simple refurbishment such as painting, to construction of ablution facilities and school buildings.

Teaching English/Sports

A reliable way to get involved with the local children and pass on some of your skills. You will also learn a myriad of things you never knew about the local community and make friends for life.

Rangeland Rehabilitation

Not to be underestimated, the poor condition of Northern Kenya’s rangelands needs valuable assistance to keep it from collapsing. Communities survive on their livestock, so think of goats, sheep and cows as a mobile bank account. When pastoralists require money, such as paying for school fees, an animal is sold. Without productive rangelands, grazing is poor and thus people will be monetary poor. Get involved in rotational grazing schemes and understand the systems that can be used to restore damaged rangelands.

Mobile Medical Clinics

Pack up the camels and donkeys and head off on safari through Northern Kenya with a mobile medical clinic and see the reality of life in a harsh and trying district. Get involved in everything from patient care to packing the camels and setting up camp.

Mobile Conservation Education

A fantastic programme that is extremely beneficial to both the communities and participants. The basics are: A TV, DVD player, camel or donkey, charged car battery and local dialect DVD’s on wildlife, conservation and health awareness (e.g. family planning HIV/AIDs)
Once the gear is loaded the educational safari begins where each day you will show DVDs at local cow dung manyattas (homes) and schools. The powerful medium of video helps the transfer of information from client to community and vice versa. Gain understanding from the community and what role wildlife plays in their society.
This project gives clients the opportunity to learn about a local culture in a participatory way and glean in-depth information and an understanding of another culture that would be difficult to obtain otherwise in such a short period of time.

Private Game Ranch Conservation

The game ranches we work on provide a unique opportunity for people to tackle real life on a working ranch. Apart from daily interaction with wildlife the job can be as varied as re-shoeing a horse, helping dart a sick wild animal with a wildlife vet, fix a fence, animal counts, road building, and participating in community education.

Forestry Development and Support

Propagate seeds, nurture seedlings, plant trees. Ours and our neighbours’ tree nurseries boast abundant endemic trees and some other fast growing tree types suitable for building and firewood. Reforestation is an important project on Mt. Kenya and gets clients into some wonderful locations.

Nanyuki Children’s Home

The home was established in 1969 under the umbrella of Childs Welfare Society. The first activity was a feeding programme for malnourished children from poor families in Majengo and Likii slums. The children were mostly from single mother families whose breadwinners had died in both the world war and Kenya’s independence struggle. By the year 2003, over 6000 children had passed through the home.
The children would have died in their infancy or ended up on the streets had they not been rescued, educated and given a chance in life. Many of them have gone onto various professions. The home uses 3 of its 5 acres to grow vegetables and rear livestock. However most crops fail due to the semi-arid climatic conditions.
While the help of volunteers, children are able to make different items with beads e.g. necklaces bracelets, jug, covers, bookmarks, christmas and seasonal greeting cards and all hangings and sell to well wishers for income generation.

We solicit legal aid for children especially in securing properties of those orphaned by HIV/Aids and for seeking justice for abused children. This has been possible through the International Justice Mission, FIDA-K and willing lawyers.

St. Stevens Childrens Home

In 2002 Mama Mwiti set up the Childrens Home to care for HIV/AIDs orphans whose parents have died and for children who have contracted the disease and have been thrown out by their families. The success of the Mama’s project has been huge and now children from all over Laikipia are taken into the home and cared for. There is a nursery school on site and a basic medical facility.  The home tries to reunite families and break down the stigma of AIDs related diseases is now embarking on an education programme for the villagers who live around Timau.

If you can't see something you are interested in supporting let us know so we can tell you about other sustainable projects and mutually beneficial opportunities.