The Pangolin Project X Olorien and Kimintet Forest Trust Conservancy

Support Nyekweri’s Rangers this Summer

Power the
Patrol 

They’re Protecting the Pangolins and the Forest. Now It’s Our Turn to Protect Them.

Your gift puts boots on the ground and hope in the forest

This summer, for the first time ever, 21 Conservancy Rangers from Nyekweri Forest — working within the Olorien and Kimintet Forest Trust Conservancies — are stepping onto the global stage as part of the Wildlife Ranger Challenge.

But their real challenge doesn’t start with a race.

It starts before sunrise, as they walk the road where elephants cross back into the forest — helping children get safely to school.

It continues across 13,000+ kilometres of patrols, through threatened habitats where pangolins still leave tracks, giraffes still roam, and birds still call-  if you know where to stop and listen.

It carries into the evening, when rangers return home not just with sightings and data, but with photos they show their children- quiet stories that ripple into the next generation.

They are not just guardians of wildlife.
They are the ones who respond when pangolins are caught on electric fences.
The ones who monitor rare species and report injuries.
The ones who help keep this forest breathing.

They are bridges-  between community and conservancy, tradition and technology, presence and policy.

And this summer, they need you behind them.

  • Why It Matters

    Nyekweri Forest is home to Kenya’s last known Giant Ground Pangolins-  one of the world’s rarest and least understood mammals. It’s also a vital birthing ground for elephants, a sanctuary for giraffe calves, and a refuge for species found nowhere else in the Mara ecosystem.

    But this richness is at risk.

    Every day, deforestation, fencing, and habitat fragmentation shrink the safe spaces where wildlife and communities can thrive.

  • The rangers are holding the line

    They are protecting not just species, but stability, safety, and future livelihoods-  while helping deliver global conservation goals like the Sustainable Development Goals and Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework: protecting 30% of the planet by 2030.

    This is what transformative conservation looks like  and it needs your support to continue.

  • This Summer, Let’s Walk With Them

    We’re raising $9000 to power two months of patrols-  covering salaries, rations, and safety gear and insurance for the entire team.

    Your donation is more than a gesture.
    It’s a message: We see you. We value you. And we’re with you

 💚 Why Give?

Because you believe that courage should be supported.
Because you know that conservation only works when people on the ground are trusted and empowered.
Because every pangolin protected, every injury responded to, every forest path patrolled - begins with someone showing up.

Let that someone be you.