Partners

AWD Conservancy

Partnering with local and national organizations, and people is vital to achieving long-term conservation success. Our partners in the field will multiply as the project grows. Investment in people is both necessary to make conservation efforts sustainable, and indeed truly important, because it empowers those most directly affected. Ultimately, an adaptive, hands-on approach should mutually benefit both people and wildlife. To date, the African Wild Dog Conservancy is developing partnerships with a number of organizations.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS): Our affiliate organization, the KWS, recently opened local offices in the region. KWS is providing logistical support and coordinating field operations.

Hirola Management Committee (HMC): This organization is comprised of interested stakeholders, including KWS. HMC exists to improve security, create viable community-run conservancies, reduce exposure to livestock diseases, initiate effective monitoring programs, and promote income-generating eco-tourism for the hirola antelope. The HMC is assisting the project identify local partner organizations with which to work.

WomanKind Kenya (Wokike): Wokike is a non-governmental organization founded in 1989 by local Kenyan Somali pastoral women in the Northeastern Province. It exists to empower the most vulnerable members of the community, specifically women, destitute girls, and poor households in the Ijara, Garissa, and Wajir Districts, by improving the standard of living through capacity building, thus enabling these members to take control of their lives. The organization seeks to bring together the local community, and to confront ignorance, disease, poor livestock husbandry, environmental degradation, and poverty.

Qalesa Environmental Conservation (QEC): Under the umbrella of Wokike, QEC is a newly formed community-based organization (CBO). This CBO recognizes the importance of wildlife conservation, and wants to ensure long-term sustainability and oversight.

E-mail:

African Wild Dog Conservancy
P.O. Box 30692
Tucson, AZ 85751
USA

www.AWDConservancy.org