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In November, we’re taking six friends of Legado to Kenya for our 2021 Legacy Expedition. As part of this experience, participants will visit the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, a that cares for orphaned and abandoned elephant calves with an aim of releasing them back into nearby wild herds. Reteti is operated by the Samburu communities of the Namunyak Community Conservancies, Legado’s ... Read More

For the next three years Legado is in partnership with Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), an organization that has been working since the 1980s to support community-run conservancies across northern and coastal Kenya.  Our focus together will be the Namunyak Conservancy, one of the first conservancies established in this region and home to the Mathews Range, a remote sky island valued ... Read More

Land is an invaluable asset for rural families living around Mount Namuli, as people rely directly on access to arable land, water, and other resources for their livelihoods and household economy. Yet, most land around Mount Namuli is held under informal customary tenure arrangements, and without formal legal recognition of their land rights, communities can struggle to protect their land ... Read More

If you could change your future, would you? Dona Juliana Damião is, and she’s doing it by taking a risk and doing an experiment. Dona Damião is from Murrece, on Mount Namuli and she is takin a leap with our Legado: Namuli team to test a crop rather unusual around this area: ginger. Gingers are a fairly new exotic product ... Read More

“Look at this one,” says Sr. Eugénio, placing his palm on a cassava plant as he looks over his family cassava ‘machamba’ (a cultivated field). “It looks very healthy — it’s taller than all the others,” he says, “and it beats all the obstacles thrown at it.” Sr. Eugénio is a farmer from the Curuca community close to Mount Namuli ... Read More

On Mount Namuli, Legado's Flagship site, community members are working to create sustainable honey products as part of their thriving future. Over the years the bees have been frequent guests in Legado's stories...However, recently we haven't seen many bees on Namuli — where did they go? Just like other species, honey bees have an active season where they’re foraging flowers ... Read More

To kick off 2021 with a bang, we took  another big step forward as we continue to try to have Mount Namuli designated as a community conservation area. We drafted a letter to the government reflecting Mount Namuli’s national significance as a historical and cultural patrimony and a biodiversity hotspot, endowed with hydrological services and thriving agricultural production that supports ... Read More

During the past six months the community health activists have become an integral part of our work with the Namuli communities. Through lectures, home visits, and using the tools and resources provided by the District Health Authority, community activists educated their communities on how to stay safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Thriving futures are not just about the ... Read More

On the slopes of Namuli, our field team continues to work relentlessly with Namuli’s beekeepers to produce quality honey at a fair price. Following a first successful harvest in 2020, we strengthened a partnership with a local honey producer to guarantee a minimum price for the purchase of the honey produced on Namuli. Building on this momentum, we partnered with ... Read More

Since the very beginning, we have always believed in supporting people's visions and plans to spark and sustain change. Recently, we have been working with Namuli's beekeepers to create visions and goals for the future of their beehives. Through open conversations with beekeepers, we are mapping and illustrating current assets, future plans, and the resources they needed to achieve each ... Read More