Our Work – Angaza Vijiji

Life skills for children and youth

We work with younger people to introduce them to life skills through building their skill sets in sustainable farming, handling technology through safe spaces for students and we also build their skills in handling and using money. We partner with schools to build and strengthen student’s ability to handle money

Nature-Based Therapy

Health is a key component of sustainable development goals. We promote mental and physical awareness and well-being through organizing outdoor ventures that include hikes, treks, biking, networking, weekly bird and nature walks. We utilize interactions between people and nature to promote mental and physical health. We partner with mental expert organizations like PDO to organize team building and bonding sessions for organizations and groups to promote nature-based therapy.

Promoting Food and Nutrition Security

We believe in sustainable land use and understand that proper land use can produce more while helping to conserve nature. We mentor young people into understanding how food systems work, value chains and how we can produce safe, healthy, and sufficient food using little land resources through methods like fleet farming

Integrating Technology into local conservation for sustainable development

We recognize the significance of technological advancements in this age we are living in for ensuring sustainable living. To that effect, we try as much as possible to integrate possible technological elements into our work that engages schools and young people. This has been enabled through strategic partnerships as one of the approaches to ensuring sustainability. For example, we create safe platforms from where students and youth can engage safely without exposure to outsiders. We have also created a bat monitoring platform that students engaged in our straw-colored fruit bat monitoring use to collect monthly bat data thus early exposure to the current workplace environment.

Global learning on sustainability

In the spirit of Sustainable development, we work to promote partnerships among various actors both locally and globally to promote knowledge sharing that facilitates sustainable development and learning for global development. We are keen on promoting learning exchanges between local schools and their counterparts elsewhere across the globe. This we are advancing both through physical and virtual interactions.

Outdoor learning as an approach to Education for Sustainable development

We work to complement the government of Kenya’s effort to promote competence Based learning through our outdoor learning program. This program helps young people to learn about the science of ecology to enhance informed decision-making for sustainable livelihoods.

School and community-based conservation initiatives

We empower local communities in western Kenya to participate in conservation through research, education, and other conservation actions. The approach involves establishing and engaging school clubs, local community groups as local conservation custodians. We also mentor young people to become future conservation leaders.

Sustainable Tourism

We advocate for market-based approaches to the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity. One of the best approaches to promoting sustainable conservation is through empowering local people to earn from ecosystem services through nature-based enterprises. This helps to further enhance community-based conservation.

Advancing species protections

We support the permanent protection of the Eidolon helvum habitats in Vihiga counties and Hildegarde’s species protection at the Coast for the survival of their populations through conservation education and research. We advocate for natural resources management practices that champion biodiversity and ensure the integrity of scenic and water resources.

Fostering future Generation conservation and community stewards.

Strengthening sustainable development is a priority for our future generations. We empower new conservationists (youths) and community leaders with the knowledge, healthy and mind-expanding experiences, and tools to become contributors and stewards in their communities and beyond to establish sustainable ecological and cultural practices locally and globally for places and people. Angaza vijiji provides support for education outreach programs (from childhood institutions, youth groups/regional schools to vulnerable groups in communities), small-medium enterprises, and conservation of key species to inspire respect and passion for our natural world and to enact sustainable development strategies that will sustain the natural world (key species and vibrant communities).

Enterprise Priorities

Vibrant and Healthy communities

The organization invests in acclaimed, critical, and local programs, services, and events to help lift communities including small and medium enterprises that leverage community-based conservation and hence sustainable development.

Enterprise for conservation

Our focus on nature-based enterprises that include community tourism, wildlife safaris, outdoor education, and conservation consultancy helps to generate income for our conservation initiatives.

Global Learning

Working with young people in learning institutions that include schools, tertiary institutions, universities and community groups is an opportunity to promote global standards and good practices in many spheres. We strive to provide experiential learning opportunities for young people within and across borders through intercultural exchanges. Travelling enables young people from every place on the planet to improve their understanding of their environment. Through international exchanges for young people, we are able to promote an understanding not just for conservation but also for livelihood across cultures and nations for sustainable development.

Angaza Vijiji

Conservation Priorities

Advancing species protections

Enterprise Priorities

Vibrant and Healthy communities

Global Learning

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