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[ [link removed] ]ultra wide angle shot of wildebeest herd crossing the mara river at
masai mara national reserve in kenya

Dear John,

The Maasai people in south-west Kenya have achieved something truly
remarkable...

With the backing of over 200 spiritual, political, and community Elders
and leaders across 2 million hectares, they have created the longest
wildlife corridor in East Africa.

Every season, elephants and other wildlife rely on this corridor to roam
freely for food and water. However, sadly, their journey is threatened by
fencing and human development. It's crucial that we return this land to
the best people to protect it - the Maasai themselves, guardians of this
disappearing ecosystem.

The Maasai have made a miracle possible. Now, it's our turn to make it a
reality.

Every donation can help in the removal of fence and support acres of
protected land. Your contribution can make a significant difference in
preserving this vital habitat for future generations. 

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Traditional land conservation funding kicks Indigenous people off their
homeland and turns land management over to high-end tourism, development,
and land appropriation. This leads to “conservation refugees” filling
shanty towns on the margins of their own traditional lands.

The Maasai in Kenya have created a new model in Nashulai Maasai
Conservancy, which has won the 2022 UNDP award for successful indigenous
conservation and which allows the Maasai to stay on their lands and train
their whole community in wildlife conservation. Their model is already
succeeding -- it has helped the animals multiply over 50% from the year
before, and it keeps Maasai families together in the place they have
called home and have knowledgeably, sustainably cared for over
generations.

But this Indigenous-run model is a threat to the traditional models of
land management by governments, which means they are shut out of
traditional conservation grants.

And that’s why Nashulai is turning to people from around the world who
have the vision to see what a miracle this age-old way of tending the land
is, for every living thing, in newly urgent ways. 

Our action now could save the lives of the next generation of elephants,
lions, monkeys, birds and hippos already on their way into this world. And
allow them to be born into a new model of land conservation that showcases
a symbiosis between humans and animals that the whole world needs; we
co-exist! 

Join us in safeguarding the Maasai wildlife corridor and ensuring a
brighter future for wildlife and communities alike. 



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$3
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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Emma Ruby-Sachs



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Nashulai Maasai Conservancy

[ [link removed] ]Kenya’s wildlife conservancies make old men rich, while making women
and young people poorer The Conversation 03 April 2024

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for people and the planet.

 

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