Supporting new initiative the 'Timau River Project'
To celebrate World Wildlife Day today (3rd March 22), we are happy to share that we will start supporting the Timau River Project - a new community based organisation (CBO) that is working to protect and promote the health and biodiversity of the Timau River in Laikipia, Kenya.
The Timau River is one of the key rivers in the Ewaso basin, that comes off Mount Kenya. The river eventually runs into northern Kenya’s largest river, the Ewaso Nyiro. The river is also the boundary for Lolldaiga Hills, on the southern border (near to The Safari Series).
The river is home eco-system is home to a wide variety of different animals, including rare species such as aardvark, serval cat, lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, striped hyena, civit cat and clawless otters, as well as a whole host of aquatic life and birds.
The river is the boundary, in many stretches, is the boundary between a conservation area and community land (farm land). The river gets heavily used for pumping water (illegal abstracting) onto crops and this causes a number of issues to the area:
Heavy pumping means the river has less water for wildlife to use
Erosion from heavy farming means the riverbanks become unstable
Chemical run off into the river poisoning the water or upsetting the pH
Water being taken from the river upstream means there is no water left downstream for people and wildlife to use
The Timau River Project is a community based organisation (CBO) with four objectives:
Creating jobs and improving livelihoods
Reducing Human Wildlife Conflict (particularly human elephant conflict)
Restoring and conserving the riverine ecosystem
Sustainably managing river resources
The Safari Series is excited to be working with the Timau River Project and supporting their new initiative to hire and train three new river scouts. Keep up with their progress on our Instagram page:
