The Jade Sea Men’s Group is a place for men to get to learn about forestry, income generation and tourism. The region is an important environmental area and is home for many indigenous species. There is a strong sense of cultural integrity and it is very tribal from an anthropologic point of view.
Who are they: Group of varied men, aged fropm young men (teens) to elderly.
What do they do: Their main income generation is providing accomplished guides to visitors to the area including fishing guides for Nile perch and boat rides on Lake Turkana and tours of nearby archaeology sites. They are well informed of the history and anthropology and ecology of the area.
Lately, they have also begun to incorporate AIDs
education, tree planting and make waste management information available to the Loiyangalani community at large. Their members collect and manage large curio sales of fossils, crystals, baskets and traditional local tribal artefacts of Rendille, Turkana and Samburu
How does WildiZe help them: WildIZe has been helping the group through:
1. Providing educational materials on conservation, sanitation and aids awareness
2. Assistance in organizing presentations on eco-tourism
3. Assistance in putting together income generating ideas
4. Provide seedlings for tree planting
FAST FACTS:
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The Jade Sea's more common name is Lake Turkana, a soda lake boasting the biggest concentration of Nile crocodiles in Africa. It covers 2,473 square miles (6,405 kilometres), stretching to the Kenyan borders with Ethiopia and Sudan.
