Wildlife Conservation Volunteering in Kenya and Sri Lanka
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Volunteer Wildlife Conservation Projects in Kenya, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka
We offer a range of wildlife conservation projects in Kenya, originating within communities and supported by them as key to managing and restoring eco systems land and co-existence with wildlife. Programmes include butterfly conservation in the north; turtle and mangrove forest conservation in the east; monkey, birds, and snake conservation in the west; and wildlife conservancy with the Maasai and their rangers on the Maasai Mara in the south.
"The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will."
- Theodore Roosevelt -
Wildlife Conservation Programs
Turtle Habitat Restoration
Country: Kenya
Location: coastal Indian Ocean
Code: Ke-WC-MT
Weeks: 2 - 4 - 52
Project Description:
Volunteer with a grass roots community organisation recognised by the Kenyan Gov since 2009. This community based project operates in 2 coastal communities to safeguard turtle nesting beaches, restore the mangrove forests, and grow incomes through management of mangrove resources, such as crab farming, and developing tourism in this coastal environmental jewel.
Volunteers propagate & plant mangroves, monitor turtle nest sites, beach cleanups, and support the rehabilitation of turtle by-catch; and support crab farming in the creeks. Volunteers also identify mangrove creeks for canoe tourism, maintain walkways, work with tourists, as well as offering administrative and social media support. School outreach explains the importance of this work to children for the future.
For:
Impact: Mangrove, & turtle conservation; Community Resilience; Income Growth; Teaching and Training.
Turtle Rescue & Hatchery
Country: Sri Lanka
Location: West Coast
Code: SL_WC_Tu
Days: 1 - 5
Project Description:
This turtle sanctuary was opened over 20 years ago by the fishermen of this beach village to support the turtles they found maimed by entanglement, and those caught in their nets. The rescue centre is also a hatchery, relocating the eggs after being called by hotels, and the navy or police from where they are laid on Colombo’s beaches, to escape predation by dogs, monitor lizards, and humans. This is becoming more necessary given Colombo’s rising population, and obvious loss since 2015 of beaches due to previous dredging for construction projects. Our volunteers love this wildlife conservation volunteering, and we recommend this as something you do on arrival, or before leaving from another project.
Wildlife Conservation Programs
Habitat Restoration
Location: Mon State
Country: Myanmar
Code: My_WC_HR
Weeks: 2 - 12
Project Description:
Monks that we know very well in Myanmar purchased 40 acres of hilly land where they located their monastery. The area is ideal for habitat restoration and wildlife conservation for 2 main reasons: it’s topography and natural features, and its status as a monastery wherein plants, tress, and wildlife are naturally protected from human exploitation. This area of Myanmar has a dearth of wildlife due to exploitation and mono-culture, and the aim is to restore a balanced local eco-system. You’ll also have to teach English or be willing to hold daily conversation classes.
Kakamega Equatorial Forest Wildlife Conservation
Country: Kenya
Location: Kakamega Forest
Code: Ke_WC_KF
Weeks: 3 - 26
Project Description:
Develop and protect the natural, cultural and heritage resources of the remnants of the last forest of its type in east Africa.
You will carry out reforestation projects (including nursery management - grafting, planting), as well as conservation work (butterfly, & fish farming, monitoring bio-diversity and habitat restoration), as well as supporting the development of agro-forestry with the local Luhya community. You will also conduct school outreach programs to inform about forest management, restoration, and sustainable agriculture,
Other activities include practical non-chemical pest and disease management, identification of herbs for pest and disease management in crops, village seed selection and storing, and at times, making Langstroth and Kenya top bar hives
Volunteer with the Maasai Mara’s Maasai Wildlife Rangers
Location: Maasai Mara
Country: Kenya
Code: Ke-WC-MM
Weeks: 4 - 52
Project Description:
Live amongst the Maasai, and Samburu, who have kept their traditional ways of life even as the world encroaches, making them the symbol of Kenya. Enhance and support the livelihoods generated through livestock farming in the Maasai Mara Conservancy Area. Support wildlife conservation on the Maasai Mara with game wardens and specialists.
Rift Valley Habitat Restoration and Livelihoods
Location: Kitale, Rift Valley
Country: Kenya
Code: Ke-WC-Ki
Weeks: 2 - 4
Project Description:
This project is situated on Kenya’s wildlife tourism circuit in the plains and woodlands of the western Rift Valley. And supports the active nature conservation of this area. This is achieved through planting trees, managing woodland, maintaining the plains, and developing the infrastructure that supports tourism and the wildlife guides who lead the wildlife tours
Previous hunting has resulted in the loss of the historic herds of wildlife, and land use has damaged the habitat. Your volunteering supports the protection of the wildlife, and regeneration of the habitat, and development of tourist access for livelihood growing,