Maasai Storytelling for Conservation

 "What matter is a Child to learn and Share for Generations" said Maa Silver Research Senior Citizen Scientist.

Last Dream Become a reality since 2016, I had wish to Broadcast to my Community about Endangered species of Birds and other Wildlife due to Myrths and superstations from Communities.

with the Help of Mama Linda our Supperhero Artist and a Conservationist, we as Maasai Village Citizen Scientists, got a chance to live Broadcast to Maa communities in East Africa. Tuned on to listen.

Sidai FM

MEP (Mara Elephant Project)

 MEP presentation to our Connected Planet Foundation Clubs in The Maasai Mara Programmed.

We appreciated a lot our Long Term Monitoring Team Field Researchers, For Sharing with our Wildlife Clubs Members the work from the Field. 

They are doing Well researching and collecting data from the Mara Ecosystem for the Protection of our Giant Magnificent Keystone species.

They demonstrated to our Kids  Mitigitigation tools use to conserve our Elephants.

Like; Helicopter, Drones, Vehicles, Fire Crackers, Motorbikes and Apps like EarthRanger and ElephantsBook.

They also have motivated them learn and become Custodian. for the protection of our Elephants.

 

Environment Education

  

Semadep Connected Planet Report and Request.

 

We would like to Gratefully thanks the Wildlife Club Members and the School at Large for the far and the Improvement of the Club.

 

Weekly Environment Classes and Practical have been well done.

Trips to the Maasai Mara, Nature Walks and Field work to the Community around has the clubs to a lot of exposure.

A few areas to discuss for the Improving and to better our Environment:

1. Trees Planting is needed in the School Compound?

2. Nursery bed and the Seeds into Seedlings to spread to our School and the Community around to enable the Planet to go Green. And sensitizing the say NO DEFORESTATION.

3. Dust Bins are needed in the School.

4. Flower bed and more flowers are needed from Gate all the way to the teachers Houses and the Dormitories.

5. Maintaining Cleanness in the Environment every day.

N/B: Big Challenge is Goats and elephants invading the Flowers and Trees the School Compound.

Human Wildlife Conflicts Drama

 Educative Mashtaka ya Athena Drama Play by The Elephant Queen Outreach Team

Dear Humans.

Ref: Don't kill Me.

I am sorrowful that i do remembered my dead ancestors due to Poaching.

I don't have any other predator that able to kill me.

Imagine your grand grandchildren will never see me in the wild or in zoo, if we go Extinct.

Only Storytelling but no one to dispersed seed to many miles other than me.

Protect me I will protect environment and make your place more attractive?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

My regards to the whole Global village ()

Thank you.

Yours megafauna

Who?

Athena the Matriarch who was film in Tsavo East National Park.

Human block the Elephants Corridors.

They created their electric fences to surround their homesteads and their Farms which are our formerly ways to pass to our food sources.

Let my descendants live in the African mega Ecosystems.

They benefit you by dispersing seeds to many places.

I smell the coming of the rain.

I have taken care of my Kingdom till my old age of 50 years.

I have leave behind members of my family.

What will tell your children if they will not be getting to see Elephants physically?

I have taken care of my ecosystem species that live close to our waterhole, who about you as Human being who are given authority by their creator to take care of the environment?

Would you be watching us going extinct?

The Elephant Queen Outreach Screening

 A day to remember, Semadep Academy Connected Planet Wildlife Club. Got opportunity to watched the film. this is a golden opportunity as we were lucky to be given that a chance by www.elephant.co.ke outreach programme nationwide.

NTV Wild Talk S2 E12: "Amboseli Matriarchs"

Beats of Beads Museum

 It is the right time to Learn, because the World is rapidly changing. the more people become modernized, now cultures are being diminished. Here in the Maasai Mara get time to visit the Beats of Beads Museum to learn East Africa Cultures.

Connected Planet Foundation UK

 Since 2021, We have Partner with Semadep as an Enviromental Educator, Teaching Pupils in the School

about Wildlife Conservation and Computer literacy

With the Help of Connected Planet Foundation UK. we have been taking Kids to the Feilds Trips and Visiting Conservation Centers like Enjoolata Basecamp Foundation in Talek.

 

Moondance youth training

Oseki Maasai Mara Camp got opportunity to interacted with students from Moondance adventures from USA.

Oseki Community with the help of wildlife Conservationists from Maa Silver Researchers Sopia Luka  Environmental Educator.

We are training them Classes like Boyhood to Warriorhood transition, Culture lectures about Maasai Community. BEADING WITH Maasai women's and 4R. Like repurposing plastics and used bottles.

Passion of Wildlife Conservation

We started the Semadep Connected Planet Conservation Club.

Connected Planet Organization for UK, donated their Materials and their fund to put a smile to Maasai Mara Kids. These children have never tour the next door Wildlife Sanctuary. But we got to create a Conservation Club.

 

Narok County, Youths Rift Valley Wildlife Summit.

Sopia Luka Wildlife Conservationist attended the Summit

We started our summit, by an Iceberg from MC Vicky and MC 254. We also got an opening speech from our able CEO of SUSO and World Leaders of Today Youth Organization.

SUSO ( Stand Up Shout Out youth) World Leaders of Today.

We had Morning Sessions by discussing problems of Human and Wildlife Conflicts and Community Conservation. We brainstorm problems as a Group.
Then presented them to the whole Participants in the Summit before we depart for lunch break.
We Listed Problems being;
1. Human population led to Human Encroachment to animals habitats.
2. Loss of Habitat
3. Corruption
4. Poaching
5. Lack Compensations
After the Break Time, we resumed our afternoon, Our Group discuss the Solutions for the above problems,
1. Bee Keeping to avoid Elephants attacking the Homesteads.
2. Compensation ontime
3. Incentives to motivate people living with Animals.
4. Technology chips to track Animals
5. Create awareness in the communities on precautions to avoid the Conflicts.
6. Stop Retaliation

Giving Back Services

When you are World Changer

Why not Nurture, and Raise more young people to be Wildlife Conservationists?
this is the ever lingering question in my mind, that let me not stay Idles.

Started Wildlife Conservation Clubs to Nurture Kids

Introducing Kids to Wildlife conservation Lessons at Mara Learning Academy.

ICT literacy is essential 

 

 

 

Kids watching Pangolins movie during the lesson "The most Trafficked Mammal'.

I show them Trafficking routes to Middle East Markets

Kids Animals Knowledge collection Data

Endangered Lesson

World Cleanup Day 2019

To be able to volunteer worthy sacrifice.

I have to travel 85 Kms to join the Stand Up Shout Out (SUSO) Narok Division, this is an international youth for change Organization that I have partnered since 2014. in Creating awareness in Global Marches for stopping Poaching our our Iconic species. 
During the World Cleanup Day 2019, we the www.maasilverresearch.wordpress.com
youth group and Green Clean Mara CBO, agreed to participate in the Narok Dump Site cleanup.
I appreciated the turnout of Youth from different clubs that I may not be able to mentioned all but a few like; Maasai Mara Environmental Club and Anectus club, Red Cross Narok, Maa Flava youth musicians, Kippra Mentorship and MMU Peer educators club
" Why calm, when our World is facing Climate change?" my Mission in the event.

 

Wildlife Conservation take home ideas.

Pangolins Awareness

African Speckled Pigeon rescued by Maa Silver Research Volunteer.

Conservation Needed For Pangolins

I the Wildlife Conservationist, Based in the Greater Mara Ecosystem (6,645 kms square) that is comprises of Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Community Conservancies spearheaded by MMWCA Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association. I call upon everyone lets care for the
species found in Kenya that are targeted by the demand in the Asia, As the research shows that Pangolins are the most Trafficked Mammal on earth due to black Market demand.

Using the Citizen Science model, We approached the Community volunteers to trained them in different villages on how to take data in the field about any species they come a across in unprotected area near their villages, since the Formation of Maa Silver Research of Flora and Fauna in Maasai Mara in 2011, local Maasai Youth who join this volunteering youth group for nature become Professional Guides now in Many different company and working in the field conserved as they led Tourists in the Ecosystem by contributing Data to the Village Center.

Through Community Forums, We learned that there are Eight Species of Pangolins. Four species in Africa and Four other species in the Asia listed below;
1. Chinese Pangolin   Manis pentadactyla
2. Sunda Pangolin - Manis javanica
3. Indian Pangolin - Manis crasscaudata
4. Philippine Pangolin - Manis culionensis
5. White Bellied Pangon - Phataginus tricuspis
6. Black Bellied Pangolin - Phataginus tetrapadactyla
7. Temminck Ground Pangolin - Smutsia temminckii
8. Giant Ground Pangolin - Smutsia gigantea

I propose to the volunteers in different areas in the Ecosystem, as we monitored all other species both Endangered, Critically endangered and Vulnerable species. Its really great we collect data of this critically Endangered species on earth.

Photo by Loinyo a Guide, taken near Musiara Airstrip.

If any got a picture in the field send to me or share to Maa Silver Research on Facebook.
Lets Conserve, Stop the poaching manace and the Market. its not true that Pangolins scales is a medicine its true that same keratin of your nails.

Green Clean Mara CBO

This is the Community Environment Organization base in Mara established 2017. We have partnered with more than 10 Schools, around Maasai Mara and planted so far Three Thousand Trees. Mission to go Greener in our schools and Mara Ecosystem to be clean and green. Lives flourish when trees breathed we breath also a fresh air.

We can stop Desertification on our Planet Earth if we all come together and plants Trees? For a person to breath you need 10 Trees, How many Trees do we need to satisfied 7 Billions population of People leave a long with other species?

We have also installed Biogas, to a Maasai Village to safe dangers of Homestead owners to frequently walk to fetch firewoods and endangering the lives due to Wild Animals in the Wildness.

We appreciated the Israeli Embasy in Kenya, Funskids, Netfund and Narok County for all their  cooperation to make the 2019 Sekenani Environment success. All are Welcomed always.

Maa Silver Research of Flora and Fauna In Maasai Mara

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