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Conservation and Community News1/31/2024
Women Powering Water Earlier this month, Powering Africa (PARC) and Elewana's Land & Life Foundation celebrated the rehabilitation of a borehole in Kenya's Borana Conservancy with a newly installed solar pump. Six Maasai women from two different women's groups in Amboseli National Park attended the celebration and witnessed the commissioning of the solar powered well.
During their visit to Borana, the women were introduced to the Chui Mamas - a women's empowerment group comprised of Maasai women who engage in income generating activities such as beading, soap making, dressmaking and tailoring. The region they come from has been subject to high levels of human-wildlife conflict, but the Chui Mamas understand the need for co-existence and therefore are also involved in conservation education helping to educate the communities in their area.
Build a Boma Learn more about the African Bushcamp Company's "Build a Boma" initiative, whereby guests from Bumi Hills Lodge construct enclosures for wildlife with the local community, in an effort to mitigate human/wildlife conflict. Watch the video here:
Chipego Bike Shop
Olonona Lodge and Sanctuary Retreats (Chief's Camp) have teamed up with Working Bikes, a charity that aims to empower people in developing countries by providing bicycles and establishing small bike sales and repair businesses. Some of the many benefits of this social enterprise include creating employment opportunities, empowering women, generating income for rural villages and providing affordable mobility to communities.
Chipego Bike Shop in Nakatindi, Zambia, was Sanctuary's first women's social enterprise project. The five women who are employed at the shop chose the name Chipego, which means "gift." Their successful venture pays to support five pupils through school each year. They have also contributed to the construction of a maternity ward, donated 30 bicycles to secondary school pupils and a further 18 to community healthcare volunteers. All five women have improved the quality of life for themselves and their families, building homes, supporting their children's school fees and putting food on the table - breaking down gender stereotypes across the community in the process. Gin Master in the Mara
Governor's Camp in the Maasai Mara serves a locally crafted gin– Procera. It is distilled in Nairobi at 5,000 feet above sea level and is the world's first gin to use Juniperus Procera – which is harvested just 40 miles from the distillery. Governor's was the first camp to serve Procera in Kenya and they offer a unique gin-tasting experience on the banks of the Mara River.
The famous Duke's Bar, tucked away down a side street in London's upmarket Mayfair, also serves Procera. After it was added to the menu by gin master Alessandro Palazzi, Procera invited the mixologist, who holds almost fifty years of bartending under his belt, to Kenya where he was hosted at Governor's II Moran Camp.
Alessandro spent two days training staff in the nuances of gin and establishing Procera as a core part of the Kenya safari experience, by designing a bespoke menu for Governor's Mara properties. Three different cocktails have been curated for different "moments" in the day. First is a highball classic, a Procera G&T plinking with oversized ice cubes, a slice of lemon and a sprig of lemon balm from the herb garden – not forgetting a dash of botanical salt - to be served in a goblet while out on an afternoon game drive. The pre-dinner winner is a Martini – Duke's style of course, while a glowing-red Negroni is highly suggested as an "around the campfire" libation, perfectly pre-batched and stirred down on ice - at the very last minute. Cheers!
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