Kenya’s coastal resort of Malindi is popular with package tourists, and there is a regular demand for quality handicrafts. The Kamba people of Eastern Kenya have a traditional woodcarving culture, but for years have had to underprice and undervalue their products by selling them to beach vending middle-men. A cooperative of craftsmen has now used TTF assistance to market a retail and wholesale business, and using technology to sell to a global audience…

Sarara Camp gives guests a chance to explore their own private wilderness, relax in one of Kenya’s finest tented camps and enjoy the ultimate “pool with view”, but to also experience first hand the lives and cultures of a truly traditional community, and to learn firsthand about the challenges to conservation of African wildlife…

On November 28th 2002, terrorists launched a double attack against tourists on the Kenyan coast. An Israeli managed hotel in the resort town of Kikambala was bombed and a missile was launched at an Israeli charter jet taking off from Mombasa airport.The impact on the tourism sector was immediate and devastating. For an industry already buffeted by the post 9/11 decline in travel, the negative publicity and international travel advisories that resulted from these attacks were devastating.

In the past ten years, Il Ngwesi has been transformed from a remote area rife with insecurity and wildlife poaching to a leading community tourism project that has become a model for others to follow- attracting international interest, celebrity guests, successful business and the return of wildlife…

One of the longest established camps in Maasai Mara, Sekenani was a victim of Kenya’s tourism slump and went out of business in 1998. With TTF support, the camp has now both reopened and reinvented itself, as a base of for community development and as a driving force to clean up and preserve the local environment by introducing recycling…