A Year of Activating Legacy in Nyekweri, Kenya

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Joseph Ntoto Sailepu, Enock Saningo Rotiken, and Esther Semerian Rotiken walk to school through the Nyekweri Forest Landscape | Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPP

In 2024, Legado officially launched a partnership to support Indigenous stewardship of the Nyekweri ecosystem in southwest Kenya.

The Nyekweri ecosystem and the adjacent Maasai Mara Reserve area are a refuge for a range of wildlife stewarded by the Maasai people and other Indigenous groups for centuries. Legado is supporting The Pangolin Project to use a Thriving Futures Model in partnership with Maasai landowners.

Through a series of community convenings that include many local voices, Indigenous stewards are creating a holistic Landscape Management Plan that preserves the biodiversity of the forest and rangelands and furthers their well-being.
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Andrew Lenanyokie, Thriving Futures Coordinator, leads community workshop in the Pusanki area of the Nyekweri Landscape | Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPP

Program Launch:

2024

Program Partner:
The Pangolin Project
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“2024 has been a pivotal year of fostering collaboration, linkage, and bridging. One of the highlights was initiating work in a new landscape in Nyekweri in partnership with The Pangolin Project. This unique setup provided an opportunity to embrace adaptive learning, explore fresh approaches to collaboration, and deepen engagement with communities.”

- Walter Lenolngenje, Thriving Futures Program Coordinator

Annual Highlights

Bringing the community together to activate legacy

Beginning in May, the Legado team, in partnership with The Pangolin Project, hosted a total of 21 meetings across Nyekweri Landscape.

Credit: Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPP

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Cultural exchange enhances Legacy Planning

Legado’s Kenya Team is made up of individuals from the Samburu ethnic group who traveled south to the edge of Maasai Mara to work with members of the Maasai community.

Credit: Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPP

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Legacy in Action

Learn more: The importance of Rangelands in Maintaining Biodiversity

Legado Annual Report 2024

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