Winos for Wildlife

Where lions once ruled, they are now quietly disappearing There are half as many African lions than there were 25 years ago. Conservation programs aim to protect the disappearing species by promoting human-lion cohabitation across the African savanna.

100 BLACK RHINOS!

With the birth of the 100th calf, the Lewa- Borana Landscape is now a Key 1 black rhino population, the third in East Africa.

‘Key 1' rating is given by the IUCN’s African Rhino Specialist Group to identify significant populations that are stable, increasing and have achieved continental importance. We are optimistic about the future of this critically endangered species - we recorded ten births last year and no mortalities.

Geoffrey Chege, Lewa's Head of Conservation and Wildlife, has steered various efforts in support of the black rhino's recovery on Lewa, Borana and beyond for the past 15 years. He says:

"This has been a dream come true for us. We have steadily grown our rhino populations from 15 individuals in 1984 to the 100 black and 94 white rhinos we have today. Reaching the 'Key 1' milestone is a great motivation for our team."

Find out more in our 2018-2019 Impact Report -
https://bit.ly/2MXPNG4

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Zero poaching in six years, reaching the 100 black rhino mark, 30 schools supported, 50,000 accessing healthcare and more - we are matching our commitment with results!

Through our approach of using conservation as a platform to impact both people and wildlife, we’re improving thousands of lives and securing the future of endangered species. Thank you to all who continue to make our work possible.

Our newly released 2018-2019 Impact Report shares our progress. Read it here - bit.ly/2MXPNG4

The opportunity of a lifetime! Join us on a conservation safari to northern Kenya in March/April 2020 to visit the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Just a couple of spots of available- don't wait!

Home | Destination: Lewa! This conservation safari highlights Lewa Wildlife Conservancy specifically. The trip is designed for people who are interested in watching wildlife rather than just ticking them off a list. 

A recent update on one of our favorite Lewa community programs- the Women's Microcredit program, empowering enterprising women through economic development opportunities. Today, there are over 1,800 women in the program and here are some of their stories.

Real Women, Real Stories - How our Micro-Credit Programme is Improving Livelihoods Lewa works with its neighbouring communities to ensure that conservation supports sustainable development. In the past decade, the Micro-Enterprise Programme...

Please help support Lewa's adult literacy program plus so many other community empowerment programs via Winos 2.0

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Flora Mumbi's father didn't believe that educating girls was important, so she never had a chance to attend school.

"He claimed that educated women became 'headstrong' and
acquired bad habits," she says.

But Flora never gave up her dream to be literate. Now in her late 70s, she is finally learning how to read and write. She was one of the 318 students that attended our free Adult Literacy classes last year. Alongside teaching basic literacy, we also use this platform to extend knowledge on conservation, preservation of natural resources and more.

Learn more about our latest work in our 2017 Impact Report -
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Picture: Steve Toom

Check out Lewa's 2017 Impact Report highlighting all the amazing work Winos supports.
We hope you'll continue your support in 2018 via our Winos 2.0 Crowdrise! Just follow this link: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/still-winos-for-wildife/dawnneptune

Happy ! Thanks to the generous support of those who stand strong to support wildlife conservation, Winos for Wildlife has donated over $85,000 over the past 5 years to help protect wildlife and support strong community development in Africa. As we continue to capacity build our conservation efforts, the event will be taking a 2018 hiatus. However, we do hope you'll consider contributing to this personal WinosforWildlife 2.0 fundraising initiative and help continue the fight for wildlife- THANK YOU WINO WARRIORS!

Winos for Wildife 2.0 Due to Dawn's long overdue healthcare hiatus this year (yeah for new, bionic parts at last!) we've been unable to prioritize our on-going, annual Winos for Wildlife fundraising efforts. However, we are still very passionate and dedicated to this cause so close to our hearts ...

Good news to share from the land of Lewa! Community conservation at work thanks in some small way to Winos for Wildlife!

2018 is definitely kicking off with a bang!

Great news coming in from Kenya Wildlife Service as the results from the 2017 census conducted in Northern Kenya show a 12% increase of the population in Laikipia-Samburu-Marsabit ecosystems over the last five years, from 2012-2017. This represents an annual increase of about 2.4% over this period.

During the census, a total of 7347 elephants were counted compared to 6454 elephants in 2012.

In other news, the in China is now in full swing! All commercial sales & processing of are now illegal in China.

We still have a long way to go, but each piece of good news we receive gets us closer to ensuring elephants are around for generations to come.

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Photo Credits: Off the Grid - Jeremy Goss photography

Drumroll…after all the bills have been paid and those last pennies counted, the final 2017 Winos for Wildlife totals are in!
YOU helped raise $27,481.90 for wildlife conservation in Africa, helping save elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, zebra, plus so many more, as well as supporting some well-deserved conservation community programs in Kenya and Mozambique!! CHEERS! 🦏🐘🦒🐆🦁🐒🐗🦇🐊🐝🦓🍾🍷

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