Nashulai is incredibly proud to be featured in National Geographic’s landmark new series, Africa: Earth’s Wild Home.
Filmed over four years across nearly 30 countries, the series captures Africa at a pivotal moment, when “the fate of the wild hangs in the balance.”
For Nashulai, that story becomes deeply personal in the final episode, Africa’s Wild Future, which turns its attention to conservation solutions, human impact, and the scientists, leaders and local communities working to shape a different future for Africa’s wildlife.
Nashulai is featured in this series finale episode as “a trailblazing community with remarkable results.”
Our Mission
“Nashulai is the missing link in the puzzle… the most critical connecting corridor for elephants, lions, and other migrating Mara-Serengeti wildlife.”
Dickson Kaelo — CEO, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association
“Wildlife has been in freefall across most of Africa. Only local people can reverse the downward spiral. The research illustrates a very positive finding: community conservation allows people to co-exist with wildlife by bringing benefits, not costs, to the people who live alongisde.”
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
“Nashulai is the first ever community-owned and directed wildlife conservancy. It is a unique achievement that promises to inspire a positive change in the entire East Africa region.”
John Mbaria — Kenyan Author & Conservation Journalist
“This is the land of my boyhood. The land of my people. And the land of my children. It’s a critical place in the whole Mara-Serengeti ecosystem. And it was about to be lost forever. Our community rose up to save this place and become its stewards for the generations to come. Do you think we don’t know how to do that? This is the land where the bones of our ancestors are buried.”
Nelson Ole Reiyia — Co-Founder of Nashulai
“I was lucky to have a father who believed in education and the capacity and dignity of the girl child and all women. This has been my life’s work. Children need education and equality to thrive. It is a guiding principle for Nashulai. And the way our community has rallied on behalf of our beloved children is nothing short of amazing.”
Margaret Koshal Reiyia — Nashulai Director of Family, Gender and Education
WE COEXIST
In our Maasai language Nashulai is a special word. It means a place of harmony where community and wildlife live in balance and mutual benefit. Where the spirit of the people and the spirit of nature and wildlife come together into a common song.
