The Year Ahead Tackling and solving the concurrent challenges of rural poverty and ecosystem degradation is an extremely difficult undertaking. News outlets, social media platforms, thought leaders and politicians all talk about the importance of protecting our natural...
The Telegraph As poaching becomes more militarised, the only solution is to use technology that poachers do not have. The collars transmit signals via a LoRa network – a long-range, low-power closed wireless platform that uses multiple...
How Education is Creating Change in the Western Serengeti “Elimu ni shina la maendeleo” the Swahili saying goes. It means education is the root of development, and we here at the Grumeti Fund wholeheartedly believe that. A survey...
CNN Inside Africa The Serengeti Girls Run is a three day, 63 km, all-women endurance run through Tanzania’s Serengeti. Navigating through iconic wilderness and wildlife, we follow 14 women from across the world as they race for...
On Imparting Environmental Awareness onto Youth Since its inception in 2009, the Grumeti Fund Environmental Education Center (EEC) has seen over 5,000 students and teachers come through its open-air classroom. One extraordinary man, Laurian Lamatus, has run...
Rhinos Released We are excited to share with you that the remaining rhino, who were being cared for in enclosures since their arrival from South Africa in September, are now roaming freely! Over the last two days...
Have you ever seen an elephant cry? A call comes in. An 18-month-old elephant calf has a snare caught on her leg. We run to the rescue as fast as we can and the vet quickly tranquilizes...
Tuko Pamoja! We are together! “Msichana hodari ninajitambua, ninajiamini nina ndoto kubwa. Msichana onesha uwezo wako.” “A strong girl, I know myself, I believe in myself, I have big dreams. Girl, show your strength.” This was the chorus of the weekend for Grumeti Fund’s...
Huffington Post In early September, nine critically endangered black rhinos were airlifted from South Africa on a Boeing 747 cargo plane, transferred to a massive C-130 Hercules waiting on an airstrip in Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region, and then...
A Year of Rhino Two years ago, the Grumeti Fund made a commitment to bring black rhino back to the Serengeti ecosystem with the goal of bolstering the Tanzanian rhino population and stimulating the local gene pool. Shortly after the...
How humans and technology are working together to protect the western Serengeti In front of the Kitaboka Wagora building stands four 3-meters-tall poles full of snares. These are all the snares that the Grumeti Fund scouts have collected in and...
Geographical Out of control poaching in the Grumeti Reserve had decimated wildlife by the time the Grumeti Fund assumed management in 2003. Since then, careful management has ensured that populations of lion and elephant have at least...
