Stories

Elephants from space

An elephant …. from space. How hard could it be? On 18th April 2019, the BBC One series, Earth From Space, launched in the UK with an episode featuring Samburu’s elephants. Save the Elephants worked closely with the BBC film crew on...

Giving Hope to the Vulnerable Girls in Northern Kenya

Towards the end of 2018, the Education Officers at Save The Elephants, traversed through the region to identify the most needy and bright students, that lacked the financial means to enroll to high school. The interview exercise saw the team visit...

Digital Learning and Mentoring Elephant Scholars

The Elephant Scholarship Programme continues to provide opportunities for needy students from Northern Kenya to get education, beyond the basic Primary School level. This initiative has seen the programme focus on the high school and tertiary...

Supporting Education Institutions in Northern Kenya

Education in Kenya is managed by the national government, which is responsible for providing all learning resources for the primary schools. However, due to the challenges of associated with inadequate provision of the required resources, students...

Field Trip to Meet the Elephant Orphans of Reteti

Save the Elephants’ education team recently organized a field trip to the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in the remote Mathews’ Range in northern Kenya for grade 8 pupils from Ngutuk Engiron Primary School.  STE has had a lasting partnership with...

Creating Conservation Stewards For A Modern Kenya

Elephants need space.  Across Africa however these iconic creatures are being squeezed into smaller marginal areas as the continent’s human population rapidly expands.  In Kenya, Save the Elephants is working closely with communities, local and...

Cultivating Ambassadors for Elephants!

Indigenous knowledge has been utilized across generations through story telling that include folk roles and myths. The insights shared have been vital in bringing transformation of perspectives among communities. As a result, societies across have...

It “Musth” Be Love

The Long-term Monitoring Team here at Save the Elephants has been observing a lot of breeding behavior in Samburu over the past few weeks. Dozens of large males have come into what we call “musth,” a state in which a male...