Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust

“Preserving wilderness, wildlife and cultural heritage across the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem by creating sustainable economic benefit for the Maasai people.”

Our Mission

The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust works to protect the legendary ecosystems and astounding biodiversity of East Africa through conservation that directly benefits local Maasai communities. The world increasingly relies on many traditional communities like the Maasai to protect the ecological treasures that exist within the land that they own. But the incredible wilderness and wildlife of Africa's grasslands and the famous culture of the Maasai people both face daunting threats to their long-term survival. The fate of both rests with the Maasai themselves as they work to figure out how to benefit from their incredible natural resources while preserving them.
That's what MWCT is all about...a pioneering partnership between professional conservationists and dynamic young Maasai leaders to show that the Maasai community can thrive, not just survive, by managing their ecosystem wisely.
MWCT's efforts are focused on the Maasai communities and landscapes of Kenya’s Chyulu Hills, within the world-famous Amboseli-Tsavo Ecosystem. This is Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa", deep cloud forests on hills over the savannah teeming with wildlife and Mt. Kilimanjaro rising out of the plains. The Maasai communities of this area own all of the land between the protected National Parks and within their land lie critical wildlife migration corridors and habitat reserves, forests that are carbon sinks and rivers and springs that supply the fresh water not only to this ecosystem but to more than 7 million people in Kenya, including the 2nd largest city.
MWCT funds and operates programs that promote sustainable economic benefits from conserving this ecosystem. Lease payments for conservancy zones, carbon credits, payments for watershed protection, sustainable eco-tourism, wildlife monitoring and security, conservation and tourism employment, education and health services...these are just some of the ways MWCT is creating a cutting edge model of successful community-based conservation.

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Maasai - Wildlife Conservation || Lion Collaring in Kuku Group Ranch || Maasai Schools and Education || Maasai Health Care and Medical Aid
How to Help the Maasai and the Wilderness || Site Map

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: Protected Conservation || Game Scouts || Simba Project || Management of Grazing || Introduction of Wildlife || Unsustainable Farming

LION COLLARING IN KUKU GROUP RANCH: Introduction || Techniques || Types of Collars || The Conservation Value || The Scientific Value || Benefit || Animal Handling

MAASAI EDUCATION: Teachers || Maasai Schools || Maasai Scholarships || Guide and Catering School || Water and Electricity

MAASAI HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL AID: Dispensary || What We Would Like to Do

HOW YOU MAY HELP: How to Help the Maasai and Wilderness