Understanding The Rangelands
Monday, 13 April 2026
SORALO is delighted that the United Nations has declared 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Rangelands cover at least 47% of the world’s terrestrial surface are home to one-third of the global population, many of whom depend directly on them to meet direct needs of food, shelter, and water. Some of
Restoring Life to the Land
Monday, 13 April 2026
This Year of the Rangelands and Pastoralists, we continue the work we deeply believe in: putting communities first. Our work is not just about the land; it is about livelihoods and ensuring that pastoralist communities can continue to depend on healthy ecosystems. As Ogeli Makui puts it: Rangelands are vast and vital. They stretch across
Providing a Lifeline for Communities and Nature
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Lasting, sustainable solutions to providing safe and reliable water does not start with steel and plumbing, but with listening and understanding our communities’ needs and concerns and taking action. In Oltepesi Le Maora, it was women like Agnes along with local elders and herders who first raised concerns about long walks to access water,
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Community Voices Roar
Thursday, 27 November 2025
The term “coexistence” is used a lot when referring to people and wildlife, but what does successful coexistence with lions – and other animals – really look like and entail? And who gets to define it? People living in the South Rift share their lives with wildlife every day – and have done so for
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Shared water, Shared Future
Tuesday, 09 September 2025
In the Kajiado West and Central areas of our landscape, the struggle for water has long been twofold: scarcity and destruction. The community and livestock walked long distances to fetch water, women had no convenient access to water and elephants desperate for water, would break tanks and damage borehole systems, leaving villages without access. The
Trained, Tested and Transformed
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
The South Rift is a biodiversity hotspot. It is home to 704 species of birds, 133 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles and 42 species of amphibians. To allow communities to respond and manage encounters with wildlife, we have ensured that our rangers receive specialised training ranging from snakebite recognition and response, a key threat
