Conserving Nature, Empowering Communities.
The objective of the conservancy is to incorporate local community in wildlife conservation and protection while preserving the community’s unique lifestyle, enhance livelihood, restore rangelands, empower youths and women through skill development and to ensure peaceful coexistence among the resident communities.
people reached
27,000
vision and mission
The conservancy vision is an empowered community that its members can sustainably access human needs without discrimination. The mission is to provide a platform for sustainable protection and use of resources within jaldesa community land for income generation through ecofriendly tourism activities that shall address health, water, education, livestock, infrastructure and wealth creation for future generations.
Because We Can
Join us in making a difference
The Jaldesa Community Conservancy relies on local community rangers to protect elephants, giraffes, and zebras from poaching and habitat loss. By supporting us, you aren’t just protecting wildlife—you are investing in sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem restoration, and peaceful coexistence.
VEGCOMM PLATFORM
vegetation monitoring exercise. Involves assessment of % plant cover(tree, shrub, forb and grass) and also %bareground. This helps us put in place and inform our community on proper management plan.
Conservancy Livelihood Fund
Youth from Jaldesa Community Conservancy recieved motorcycles, part of Northern Rangelands Trust-Trading (NRT-T) Conservancy Livelihood Funds (CLF) supported by USAID Kenya and Danida to start boda boda business.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to global conservation data, wildlife populations have experienced an average decline of nearly 70% over the last fifty years
Real people.
Real transformation
Here are a few powerful testimonials and perspectives from individuals on the front lines of wildlife conservation, illustrating the real-world impact of protecting endangered species and habitats
“When we first started patrolling this sector, finding an elephant carcass stripped of its ivory was a normal. But with community intelligence networks, and better ranger training, we are seeing a herd drink peacefully at a water points”
“”Before the conservancy distributed 5,000-liter plastic tanks, my children and I had to walk into Marsabit forest to access borehole. We were always terrified of encountering a herd of elephants at the water holes. Now, we harvest the rain right from our roofs. The burden is entirely lifted. My children are no longer missing school to fetch water.
UJUZI MANYATTANI
Ujuzi Manyattani (Skills in the Homestead) is one of the most impactful, practical examples of how development and preservation can work hand-in-hand. Designed specifically for pastoralist communities in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), this mobile village-based vocational training program brings education directly into the manyattas (traditional homesteads).
Instead of forcing young men and women to leave their ancestral lands to look for jobs in distant towns—which often fractures families and leads to urban poverty—the training center comes to them.
CLF EDUCATION PROGRAM
Education Programs systematically receive a major share of CLF allocations. By funding the education of local children, the program directly offsets the economic burdens of pastoralist families and demonstrates that protecting wildlife yields immediate, life-changing benefits for the community.
Infrastructure and Learning Environment Support
CLF investments are frequently channeled into building local educational capacity so that children do not have to travel dangerous distances through wildlife corridors to go to school
Education Bursary and Scholarship Program
The most direct form of community support through the CLF is the provision of secondary school, college, and university bursaries
Peace building initative with neighboring communities
Small actions lead
to big change.
Historically, competition over dwindling natural resources—such as water and pasture—has fueled ethnic tensions between neighboring communities like the Borana of Jaldesa, the Gabra of Shurr, and the Rendille of Songa. To break cycles of conflict and cattle rustling, Jaldesa has embedded peacebuilding directly into its conservation model.
latest activities
We do it all for our people
FPIC Process for Dirib Borehole
Free Prior Informed Consent endorsement/ Public Participation community meeting for the rehabilitation of Dirib community borehole.
Health Outreach Program
Jaldesa Community Conservancy continues to support the well-being of communities living in remote and hard-to-reach areas through health outreach programs. These initiatives are designed to ensure that vulnerable families have access to essential healthcare services despite geographical challenges.
Women and Youth Empowerment
Women and Youth Empowerment Project Worth KES 3 Million
Jaldesa Community Conservancy is implementing a Women and Youth Empowerment Project valued at KES 3 million to strengthen livelihoods, enhance economic opportunities, and build resilience among local communities.
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Join Us
Reach Out and Help Protect Our Natural Heritage
We welcome visitors, partners, donors, volunteers, researchers, and community members who share our commitment to wildlife conservation, environmental protection, and sustainable livelihoods.
Whether you would like to learn more about our programs, support conservation efforts, partner with us, or report wildlife and environmental concerns, we would be happy to hear from you
VISIT US
📍 Location: Marsabit Conservancies Office
📌 Address P.O Box 413-60500
Contact Us
📧 Email: Jaldesa@NRT-Kenya.org
Conservancy needs
Human wildlife conflict mitigation
Conservation education and community awareness
Predator proof bomas
Physical barriers -fencing
Use of beehive fences
Provision of alternative water source for wildlife and troughs at water points
Water piping to community areas(settlement) from the forests
Wildlife protection
Recruitment of more conservancy rangers
Rangers outpost construction
Rangers equipment for wildlife monitoring i.e binoculars, Gps, digital cameras
Rangers refresher training