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  The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat.
It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.
Communities around Lewa.

The Cultural Boma

One of the most enterprising projects to originate from the lodge's income has been the construction of a cultural boma which provides an insight into the local rich traditions.

Here it is possible to witness Illaikipiak-Ndorobo indigenous skills such as hunting by disguising a donkey as an oryx, hut building, bee keeping, traditional dancing, medicinal plants, blood tapping from cows, milking, castrating, and branding all at first hand in their natural environment.

The cultural manyatta provides a wealth of information and visitors are richly recompensed for their entrance fee which is fed back into the community.

A Maasai dance at the Il Ngwesi Culturl Boma.

Il Ngwesi Trust

All the communities of Il Ngwesi today depend on Il Ngwesi lodge as their only source of income and support to livelihood. As is traditionally put, the members of the community now realize that they are "milking the cow when it is still feeding the calf" They are as a result planning for diversification so they could develop more than one income-generating project. They have now formed the Il Ngwesi Trust that is going to form the train that is going to transport the diversification.

Elders of Il Ngwesi Group Ranch.
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Community News.
Gill Parker of the United Stated being welcomed in as the last runner on the Marathon. Her escort is the group of volunteer bike riders who monitor the course throughout the event. The Marathon breaks Records!
The Safaricom Marathon was run on Lewa on Saturday 23 June. The event broke many records and was a great success....more
Mawingo's 6th calf has been born. Mawingo gives birth to another calf
Mawingo (meaning cloud in Swahili) is a 18 year old black rhino female. She has given birth to a total of six calves in her life at Lewa....more
Mt Kenya seen from Lewa The rains have come back to Lewa
The rains have come back to Lewa...more
Lewa closed due to heavy rains Unseasonal rain
Lewa is experiencing very unseasonal rain (over 22inches since the beginning of November) with no prospect of any improvement....more
Green plains on Lewa Christmas greeting from Ian Craig
13 rhino born within Lewa in 2006; no rhino lost to poaching; 640 elephant counted last week in the previously conflict torn but now protected Sera Community Conservation area; all the birds are nesting, wonderful rain across all of Kenya especially on L...more
Lewa has had fantastic rains..finally! Lewa's floods.
Kenya is experiencing the most extraordinary rain right across the country....more
Good rains on Lewa. Rains on Lewa and baby elephant rescued.
Rains on Lewa and baby elephant rescued....more
Boys from northern Kenya visit London. THE NEXT GENERATION ATHLETES VISIT TO THE UK
The four children who had won the 2005 Lewa Safaricom mini marathon left for London for a five days visit on the 25th April 2006....more
Finally the long awaited rains have arrived on Lewa and the North!
In the last week we have had lost and lots of rain and it looks like it will continue for some time. We all are very relieved about this and we hope that the communities up north will be able to recover quickly from the recent drought. ...more
Lewa Education Trust report February 2006 LEWA EDUCATION TRUST -February Report
February has been a busy month for Lewa Education Trust...more
Grevy's zebra that died of anthrax in the North of Kenya Anthrax update
An outbreak of anthrax 100 km north of Lewa in the Wamba area that began in December 2005 appeared to be disproportionately killing equids and, in particular, Grevy's zebras....more
Dought has broken Drought has broken
Half of Kenya has wonderful rain over the past ten days....more
Kids at the British High Commission British High Commission - "Next Generation"
At last years Safaricom Marathon the British High Commission kindly donated a prize to the first two boys and girls, in the Fun Run for kids, to travel to London in early 2006....more
Mawingo's fifth calf. Another hand-reared rhino calf on Lewa!
On 10th of October Mawingo, our 15 year old partially blind black rhino mother gave birth again to a baby boy, a mere 18 months after she calved Tula...more
Kip in Greece Kip in Athens!
A Masai chief's impressions of Athens...more
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy monthly report November 2004
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy monthly report November 2004...more
Rain and rhino calves. Rain and rhino calves.
Our rhino population has increased by one more taking the number of black to 40 and with our white population at 36 so we are now 76 in all....more
Latest Community News Community Development
The May month was pretty busy being almost the half way of the year. Most communities were evaluating what they had achieved in the year 2003/2004. There was a Wildlife Policy Development Workshop held in Mombasa that focused on formulation...more
Lord Deedes Visits Lewa on a regular basis nowadays.. Lord Deedes Visits Lewa
As part of the London Daily Telegraph Christmas Appeal Lord Deedes has just finished a 6 day visit to the Conservancy, Il Ngwesi and Namunyak....more
Preparing a smoker for harvesting honey.
Making fire the traditional Maasai way.
A Maasai shows off his archery skills.
A decoy donkey used when hunting.
Maasai getting blood from a cow.

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