Meet our community

Community is at the heart of everything RVA does. Our integration within our community, in Kenya and beyond, guides our work – our interaction with the local people, our respect for the culture, and our reverence of the land and wildlife

Participating in community run projects teaches collaborative skills which are key to creating a cohesive society, and they are also a great way to learn more about the local people and culture.

Below are key focal areas for Rift Valley Adventures

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Schools for Communities

Public schools in rural Kenya often lack adequate resources from infrastructure to equipment and far too few teachers. With various permanent camps established over the past twenty-five years in rural Laikipia, we have established strong relationships with the local schools in our locality.

Participating in community run project teaches collaborative skills which are key to creating a cohesive society, and they are also a great way to learn more about the local people and culture.

Below are some of the principles that we adhere to when selecting activities to support and integrate visiting schools into:

  • The project accomplishes a goal that comes from the local community.
  • The project adds to the quality of life for a broad spectrum of the local residents.
  • The project has some sustainable, long- term impact.
  • It is very likely that the project would never likely be accomplished without the assistance of the visiting participants.
  • The participants have a clear understanding of the nature of the project and agree, in so far as possible, to work to complete it while in the country.
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Conservation at Work

The issue of conservation is complex with many different viewpoints. For example, while most of us would agree that the preservation of wildlife is, in and of itself, a good and even a noble cause, the reality is that in much of rural Africa this view is not widely supported. While for the tourist it is a real joy and a rare privilege to see the herds of animals roaming the savannah, one could say these opportunities come at some cost. While wildlife tourism brings to Kenya considerable foreign exchange, for rural inhabitants the price can be high. These protected areas are vast, and the land is unavailable for use by the local inhabitants. Many of these local inhabitants are nomadic pastoralist whose movement is dictated by water and grazing land for the large herds of cattle and goats, on which their livelihoods depend. Indeed, from early colonial times, there have been conflicts between wildlife and man and finding that balance is not as easy as one would hope

Teaming up with community managed conservancies, students will have an opportunity to practically engage with rangers, wildlife and environmental experts, and the community coordinators in order to understand the complexities of integrated wildlife land management approaches as well as give a helping hand to get a feel of what it really takes to protect our wildlife heritage and the ecosystems, we all depend on.

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