Women in the Wild

Based in a smlal village called Emarti, on the very edge of the Maasia Mara, Women in the Wild is a women led community initiative which focuses on ecosystem restoration, improved education facilities and micro business training for women.

Nicholsons are very active in supporting The Trees in The Wild program, run by Women in the Wild. The programme forms part of the Enonkishu Conservancy, whose vision is one of culturally relevant and community-led conservation. Trees in the Wild is an ecological restoration project aimed at restoring degraded land within the Enonkishu Conservancy and beyond. The initiative aims to produce 1 million seedlings throughout the first 10 years, supporting the local community and preserving biodiversity in an area that has been badly affected by deforestation.

Through current efforts, some successful ecological restoration has already taken place in various areas of Enonkishu. In January 2018, a small team of Nicholsons employees visited the area, working with locals to setup the project by building a tree nursery and fencing around it. This tree nursery was named The Wild Shamba nursery and will prove to be a key resource for three individual projects being carried out as part of Trees in The Wild. It is staffed and managed solely by women who are employed by the Women’s Project – a socio-economic empowerment initiative for women in the surrounding community.