Nowadays, we are increasingly aware of the importance of protecting the environment and enjoying it in the most ecologically sound possible manner. We, at Campi ya Kanzi, are proud to be among the most environmentally friendly camps in all of Africa (so quoted by Adventure Magazine, National Geographic magazine, USA Today). See the awards page.
The camp has been built with local materials only, and not a
single tree has been cut. State of the art technology was
applied for the use of renewable resources.
Our 220-volt electricity is provided by solar power, water is
heated with solar heaters. In the kitchen, we cook meals using
a special eco-friendly charcoal produced by the United Nations
Environment Project. We compost our food scraps for use in our
vegetable garden. Water is our most precious resource; after
use, our gray water passes through lava filters that cleanse it
before it is used in the garden or put in a pond for
wildlife.
We help and assist the Maasai community to implement sustainable ways to manage their land and their resources. We organize workshop and trips to enable the Maasai community to better protect their wilderness.
Schools courses run by teachers and Maasai elders, address the need to understand the delicate balance of the environment, and how the entire community can play a role protecting it. If you have some old school text books for primary school please bring them with you, it will certanly help us.
The Trust we created and sustain and guests play an active
part, as the $100 conservation fee charged per day goes toward
some of the Trust activities, such as employment
of game scouts to make sure there is no poaching, no water
courses diversion, no bush fire, no illegal cutting of
woods.
It also helps employng teachers, nurses and one
doctor, to assist sick people.
We are proud to say that we have achieved meaningful results in protecting both the wilderness and the wildlife, working hand in hand with the Maasai.
Cartier,
through Edward Norton, President of the Maasai Wilderness
Conservation Fund, has declared its LOVE to the Maasai
Wilderness Conservation Trust.
Cartier and Edward Norton have donated
a substantial sum of money and enable us to
start Simba Project.
We are now able to compensate to the Maasai community
all livestock losses inflicted by lions. This is the only way
to protect the lives of the lions. Join Cartier and help us:
for every green bracelet sold, Cartier is donating us $100. You
will help the lions and the Maasai to co-exist peacefully
together.
Do you know that there are more Polar Bears (24,000 to 30,000
is the number drawing most consensus) than Lions?
And that the lion population in Africa was estimated in
100,000 lions just ten years ago, in 23,000 four years ago and
in 18,000 two years ago?! Act now if you want your kids to see
wild lion in Africa!
Our lion population, since the beginning of Simba Project,
has increased more than 300%!
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The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and the Maasai
Wilderness Conservation Fund: informations, web sites and
newsletters.
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