Environment

By Senthil Balasubramanian, LGT Impact Fellow at Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), USA “Living Nature, Living People” – this vision laid out by the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) is what drew me to the organization and the LGT VP Impact Fellowship. As… 

By Eric Gaitho Macharia, LGT Impact Fellow at Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), Kenya When I began working with Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) under the LGTFellowship program, I imagined financial management tasks, excel spreadsheets,… 

By Joyce Makau, LGT Impact Fellow at Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA), Kenya When I began my LGT Venture Fellowship with the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA), I saw it as an opportunity to apply… 

Jonathan Bii, LGT Impact Fellow at One Mara Carbon Project “During my fellowship with the One Mara Carbon Project, I came in with questions and left with even more, but better ones. In this reflection,… 

By Amé Lazaridis, LGT Impact Fellow for African Parks, South Africa In today’s dynamic professional world, an increasing number of individuals are seeking careers that not only provide financial stability but align with their values,… 

By Eric Mugambi, LGT Impact Fellow for Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, Kenya In June 2022, I made a drastic life change. I moved from the busy bustling city of Nairobi to a small quiet… 

By Atandi Anyona, LGT Impact Fellow for Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association When we were young boys, our grandmother used to narrate to us a story about the lion and the elephant. The story goes like… 

By Joshua Wafula, LGT Impact Fellow for Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association In Maasai Mara, the primary income generator for conservancies is tourism, which has been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. A more diverse… 

By Samwella Lerno, LGT Impact Fellow for Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association Kenya’s pastoralist communities have long lived harmoniously with nature, depending on natural resources for food, shelter and spiritual connection as is the case for… 

By Lata Liechtenstein, LGT VP Associate Fellow for LGT Venture Philanthropy Africa Gabon, a country that is covered in rainforest (88%), is often nicknamed the Garden of Eden.  With 22mio hectares of forest, 1mio hectares…