This morning we met the conservation groups, the managers of the safari lodges, Rangers, and the folks from Ewaso Lions (a total of 60 people) to clean up part of the conservation area.
Unlike a game park, in the conservation area are shops…
… and villages…
… as well as wildlife. There are no trash cans around so folks just drop their trash. The conservation groups are working to change that.
So we worked and walked alone in Africa surrounded by goats…
… donkeys…
and even a troop of baboons- who ran by too quickly to take a picture.
After all of the adults worked from @7-11 am we went to the school. There were 300 kids (through 8th grade) gathered.
The folks from the conservation area talked to them and then they went out to clean up the school yard.
When the kids first came out of class they were rowdy and all talking at once like kids do. There was ONE word from the teacher and instantaneously-seriously instantaneously– all 300 were quiet. It was amazing.
After a morning of work we had a real treat- a picnic by the river with Ewaso lions.
The Warriors shard their meal of rice and vegetables and we shared our box lunches. We were struck that we were eating where lions, leopards, Impala, etc. all come to drink. Here is our view at lunch:
It is a harsh environment here. The river is the only way water, not much grows in the desert. There is no grass so no herbivores which then means there is no prey for the carnivores. It is hard living for the people too. They have to walk a long way for water out of a muddy river. Here is a dry river bed:
We saw a group of 9 giraffes today.
A great morning and is only 1:00pm!!
Looking Out Seeing Within 