| Partnering with local and national
organizations, and people is vital to achieving long-term conservation success.
Our partners in the field will multiply as the project grows. Investment
in people is both necessary to make conservation efforts sustainable, and
indeed truly important, because it empowers those most directly affected.
Ultimately, an adaptive, hands-on approach should mutually benefit both
people and wildlife. To date, the African Wild Dog Conservancy
has developed partnerships with the organizations shown below.
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| Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS): Our affiliate organization, the
KWS, recently opened local offices in the region. KWS is providing
logistical support and coordinating field operations. |
| WomanKind
Kenya (Wokike):
Wokike is a non-governmental organization founded
in 1989 by local Kenyan Somali pastoral women in the North Eastern
Province. It exists to empower the most vulnerable members of
the community, specifically women, destitute girls, and poor
households in the Ijara, Garissa, and Wajir Districts, by improving
the standard of living through capacity building, thus enabling
these members to take control of their lives. The organization
seeks to bring together the local community, and to confront
ignorance, disease, poor livestock husbandry, environmental
degradation, and poverty. |
| Ishaqbini
Hirola Conservancy: Located in the Masalani Division
of the Ijara District, the conservancy surrounds the eastern
sector of the Tana River National Primate Reserve and is managed
by and represents local Somali pastoralist communities from
Hara, Korissa, and Kotile. The conservancy is a core refuge
and breeding ground for the endemic and Critically Endangered
hirola antelope. |
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