Weekly Program - First Project of RAGES
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This Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species or RAGES is a Rotarian Action Group and operates in accordance with Rotary International policy but is not an agency of, or controlled by Rotary International.
1. MARCH CHAIR REPORT
Things are moving along at a fast pace at the moment with plans on our first proposed project at the Oloimugi Maasai Village in conjunction with Roots & Shoots Kenya talking up a lot of my time. This is a complex issue however once put into place it will yield good results and hopefully a model of how RAGES and Roots & Shoots can work together with Rotarians and Rotaractors on the ground.
Oloimugi is situated on the Laikipia Plateau of Kenya and is a fertile place for poaching and wild life conflict between humans and elephants in particular. There is also a big need for basic education and literacy coupled with community and economic development. There is a huge need for basic schools for both children and adults.
This area of Kenya also has the last remaining Northern White Rhino almost extinct now with only 5 left on the planet of which 3 are at the Ol Pajeta Conservancy and two are in zoos one in San Diego and the other in Czechoslovakia.
Also found here are the Grevy’s Zebra with only 2,500 left on the planet.
The World Wildlife Day celebrations in Kenya included the burning of 15 tonnes of ivory by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta. This was a symbolic move by the Kenyan government to stamp its commitment to wildlife conservation and especially, to the protection of endangered species.