Presentation by Raabia Hawa and Ian James Saunders at the 3rd E-Tourism East Africa Conference- March 2012

1. KENYANS FOR
WILDLIFE

2. Background
• What is Kenyans For Wildlife
(K4W) ?
• How does it work?

3. CAMPAIGNS

4. PAMOJA
Konza City &The Malili Wildlife Rescue
Cause:
• Concerns raised by members of K4W on wildlife death and suffering
occuring as a result of fencing for development of Konza City
Zebra dead on impact on the ICT fence Action:
• Members used the platform to rally for support and resources
Results:
•Over 50,000 bottles collected in 2 days from food courts, suppliers and
recyclers
• Total of 11km of fenceline covered to date, 4km remains.Bottles reflect
and ‘warn’ wildlife
• 25 children volunteered from Kivuko Primary
• Joint effort with KWS, ACK, NYS and K4W members
UoN Travel & Tourism Mngmt. Students
Effect:
• Ongoing project that has brought Kenyans together for a hands-on
approach in saving wildlife

5. PAMOJA
Proactivity &Awareness
• Cause:
Concern on ‘shark finning’ on Kenya’s coastline raised
on the site by members of K4W
• Action:
Members began taking photos of restaurant
menus and products on local store shelves made
using shark fin and shark products
• Result:
Members of K4W initiated e-mail action to raise
awareness to concerned establishments that the
use of shark products was not acceptable due to
its unsustainable nature
• Effect:
Ongoing campaign that has brought together
organisations and individuals to work for a
From The Daily Nation and Africa Review common cause

6. PAMOJA
Raising the bar on Responsible Tourism
 Cause:
Concerns raised on the site by K4W members
on overspeeding in National Parks by tour
operators and individual car owners
 Action:
Members begin posting photographs of any
vehicle found speeding or going offroad within
National Parks and respective KWS wardens
Irresponsible tourism alerted on the site
 Result:
Respective tour operators are engaged
constructively
 Effect:
Tourism industry is becoming more aware that
there is now a public channel of awareness with
Illegal wildlife products on sale in hotel boutique direct pipelines to KWS

7. PAMOJA
Working Together
The Tsavo Snake Park Rescue and Release
Concern:
• Several snakes, tortoises
and crocodiles being kept in
filthy conditions
• Animals had been starved
and not received any vet
care, one tortoise was in
serious condition
Results:
• Members organised a clean
up and fed the animals
• KWS alerted and wildlife
released safely
• Once again, wildlife
highlighted in local dailies

8. PAMOJA
• Site used to raise awareness and support both financially and physically
• Worked closely with KWS and the Mount Kenya Trust to put out fires in Chogoria

9. PAMOJA
Confidential Information Sharing
kenyansforwildlife@gmail.com
Case example:
• Cause:
K4W member submitted via email photographic evidence of illegal hunting parties in Kenya
@kenyan4wildlife
• Action:
Members submitted similar information via email
• Result:
Relevant officers within KWS were alerted
• Effect:
K4W assists in chanelling information to relevant authority to aid the fight against wildlife crime

10. Today and Tomorrow
• K4W has become the central point of information sharing for anything wildlife
related online
• K4W – a petition based approach
• K4W as a platform hopes to raise substantial support for Kenya’s position at
the CITES meeting in 2013 in a bid to ban all trade in Ivory and rhino horn
PAMOJA

11. KENYANS FOR
WILDLIFE