November has been a busy month for Governors’ Camp Collection, marked by physical endurance and community engagement. Across our core pillars of Educate, Empower, and Protect, our teams have supported vital causes ranging from forest restoration to the care of rescued children and animals. Whether running through the Mara ecosystem or visiting remote rescue centres, our commitment to creating positive change remains the driving force behind our operations. Here are some of the highlights of what we achieved this month.
One of the most moving experiences this month was our team’s visit to the Mary Immaculate Girl Child Education and Rescue Centre in Suguta Marmar, Laikipia. Many of our team members from Governors’ Mugie House and the Mugie Conservancy visited the centre to learn about its work and deliver essential food support. This centre serves as a sanctuary for 98 young girls rescued from difficult circumstances, including early marriage and gender-based violence.
Mary Immaculate Girl Child Education and Rescue Centre- photo credit Mugie Conservancy
The visit was a clear reminder of the challenges these young women face. As Joshua Kyeu, our Manager at Governors’ Mugie House, noted, hearing the girls narrate their ordeals—some walking for days to find safety—was deeply emotional.
Governors’ Mugie House Manager Josh Kyeu delivers supplies to Mary Immaculate Girl Child Education and Rescue Centre
While the centre has support for some sustainability projects like baking, bee-keeping and poultry farming, they still face significant shortages in necessities like food, sanitation, and school fees. We were grateful to contribute towards food supplies during the visit to help bridge this gap.
A bee-keeping project provides a source of nutrition for the girls and honey sales provide much needed funding for the centre
Through our partnership with the Mugie CBO, we continued our support of their medical outreach program. During the month they ran an outreach clinic at the Logorate Health Centre. This initiative focused on general medical consultations, screening for common conditions, and providing health education, ensuring a lasting positive impact on the community’s well-being.
A previous medical outreach conducted by the Mugie Conservancy team
Further south, in The Great Rift Valley, we continued our unwavering support for the TAFA Community Centre, located close to Loldia House. Through their Uji (porridge) program, we provided daily food support for 150 to 200 children.
The TAFA Uji Program- photo credit Harry Blakey
We also covered the costs for medical supplies for their first aid kit and provided lunch for their football teams during away matches. We are now looking forward to sponsoring their end-of-year TAFA Community Shield Tournament, scheduled for mid-December, which promises to be a festive highlight for the youth.
TAFA Football practice- photo credit Harry Blakey
As the year draws to a close, we would like to remind our you that we are in the final stages of securing secondary school bursaries for deserving children. The new academic year in Kenya begins this January and we currently have 18 students confirmed to return to school through our Bursary Program; but there is still a need for support to reach more students.
Mary is now being sponsored through St. Andrew’s Tarabete School, Loldia, by a kind sponsor – photo credit Felix Rome
Secondary education is a financial barrier for many families, and your support can make all the difference in the world. We can pool contributions to create full three-year bursaries, meaning a donation of any size makes a real difference.
Cecilia is sponsored through Luoniek Secondary School, Laikipia, by another kind donor- photo credit Dan Palmer
$900 sponsors a day pupil for three full years, while $1500 sponsors a boarding pupil for three full years. Any amount helps us reach our goal. The impact of this support cannot be overstated, and we invite you to join us in this vital initiative. To learn more, please email us at impact@governorscamp.com or DONATE today.
This month, our staff literally went the extra mile for conservation. We entered two relay teams of four into the 2025 UltraMARAthon, a 50km course through the northern Masai Mara ecosystem. While the landscape is stunning, the purpose of the run is what truly matters.
The 2025 UltraMarathon- photo credit Rohan Shah
Our Governors’ Camp Collection team at the 2025 UltraMARAthon
A portion of the funds raised from this event go directly to our partner, the Mara Elephant Project to support their rangers in the field. Funds also also support the Northern Mara Conservancies for equipment and uniforms, and the Africa Mission Services Birth Centre, which provides vital maternal care to thousands of local women.
We were also pleased to support another of our conservation parters who are also working tirelessly to protect the Greater Masai Mara Ecosystem; The Pangolin Project. We funded the expenses associated with the employment, uniforms, insurance, and equipment for two of their rangers in the Nyekweri Forest for the month and we are looking forward to continuing our support of these teams throughout 2026.
The Pangolin Project rangers- photo credit Anthony Ochieng Onyango
Conserving the Nyekweri Forest is critical because it is the largest remaining indigenous forest in the Trans-Mara District and serves as a vital buffer adjacent to the Masai Mara National Reserve. As a biodiversity hotspot, it is the only known region in Kenya where the endangered Giant Pangolin can still be found, and it’s thought that less than 30 individuals remain here.
The Nyekweri Forest- photo credit Roshni Legado
Our commitment to the environment extended to another forest as well. Three teams of four from our Head Office and Governors’ Aviation participated in The Forest Challenge in the Kereita Forest, organised by the East African Wildlife Society.
Our twelve Governors’ Camp Collection team members who took on The Forest Challenge
Under the theme “Greening Kenya: One Tree at a Time”, this event raises funds to restore Kenya’s critical water towers. We are proud to support an initiative that has already rehabilitated 105 hectares of degraded forest and grown over 105,000 indigenous trees.
All set for the Forest Challenge!
As always, we continued our support for avian conservation through our long-running partnership with The Kenya Bird of Prey Trust. To date, we have provided over 17.7 tons of high-quality meat to the Naivasha and Soysambu Raptor Centres. These rescue and rehabilitation centres care for between 60 and 70 raptors, including various species of critically endangered vultures, as well as Crowned Eagles, owls, African fish eagles and many other iconic birds of prey.
An injured Verreaux’s eagle-owl receives care at the Naivasha Raptor centre- photo credit Fernando Faciole
From the finish lines of marathons to both human and wildlife rescue centres, November has been a testament to what can be achieved when we work with our community and conservation partners. We remain incredibly grateful to all of our partners and donors who make this work possible. Thank you for being part of our journey.
Governors’ Camp Collection remains committed to positively impacting communities, educating future generations, and conserving Kenya’s diverse wildlife. Your stay with us directly contributes to these efforts.
If you would like to learn more about any of our Impact efforts, you can reach out to us via email at impact@governorscamp.com. If you’d like to support our work, you can do so via our secure online payment platform:
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By Alisa Karstad, Impact Manager for Governors’ Camp Collection.
