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	Mission Statement
	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.


	Lewa Community Development Programme Lewa Community Development Programme is a product of broad-based and in depth consultations among all the local communities who are in particular poor at all levels and are direct linked to wildlife....
	Women's Credit Scheme The idea of a project whose sole beneficiaries would be women was formulated in 2003 and a few months later $10,000 was very kindly donated from Ron McGill the Metro Miami Zoo for the project. ...
	Community livestock grazing programme Over 1500 head of community cattle graze on Lewa each day. The moribund grass becomes smothered and this promotes regeneration of nutritious grass with the onset of the rain attracting plains game....
LWC helps its community in the following ways: School support programme . There are five target primary schools close to Lewa's boundary. One - the Lewa School - was built by LWC, which continues to provide educational materials and other support. Four other schools receive material support and participate in the LWC bursary programme, whereby the best performing children from each of the schools is supported through secondary school. Support to neighbouring community conservation schemes Clinic . LWC has built and maintains a clinic, which provides free medical care to its employees and to its neighbours at cost. Self-help groups . LWC supports a variety of local self-help groups, including farm development groups, and a women's group, for which it has built a meeting hall. Employment . Lewa is one of the biggest employers in Kenya's Eastern Province. In addition to LWC's 200 full-time staff and 50-100 part-time staff, an additional 150 people are employed in tourism enterprises, furniture and carpet-making workshops and farms within Lewa's boundaries.



	Community Development Intro
	Principles and Objectives
	Core Community Areas Map
	Mutunyi irrigation scheme
	Mukuu community
	Rugusu project
	Manyangalo community
	Leparua community
	Community Healthcare
	Women Micro credit programme
	Self Help Groups
	Adult Literacy Programme
	Community livestock grazing programme on Lewa


	Marathon Update & Rhino births! The 9th edition of the Lewa Safaricom Marathon, deemed to be among the 10 toughest races in the world...more


	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 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


	The rains have come back to Lewa The rains have come back to Lewa...more


	Unseasonal rain Lewa is experiencing very unseasonal rain (over 22inches since the beginning of November) with no prospect of any improvement....more

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Contact: Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PO Box 10607, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (+254-64) 31405 Tel: (+254-20) 607197 Fax: (+254-20) 607893
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