About us
Hey! We’re Kat & Laura…
We’re based in the UK and the USA and we came together during Covid as fellow conservationists and yoga teachers to host online yoga classes that raised over $8,000 for the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya who’s wild residents were under threat due to a lack of tourism income. Things grew from here and in 2022 we took two amazing groups of wilderness loving people to one of our favourite places in Africa to practice yoga in the wild, with the wild, for the wild. Since then our retreats raised over $11,000 for the conservancy and we saw how powerful these events can be for the conservation projects we support and the people that joined us on our retreats. So we’re spreading the love further and wider, using yoga and community to help raise awareness and funds for important African conservation initiatives.
We want to share Africa’s wildest places and most important conservation initiatives with the world.
THE OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY, KENYA
Ol Pejeta is the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, and home to two of the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos. It is the only place in Kenya to see chimpanzees, in a sanctuary established to rehabilitate animals rescued from the black market. It has some of the highest predator densities in Kenya, and still manages a very successful livestock programme. Ol Pejeta also seeks to support the people living around its borders, to ensure wildlife conservation translates to better education, healthcare and infrastructure for the next generation of wildlife guardians.
DONATED FUNDS RAISED FOR OL PEJETA TO DATE (01/09/24): $17,650
TOURISM INCOME GENERATED FOR OL PEJETA TO DATE (01/09/24): $21,480
TOTAL POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR OL PEJETA: $39,130
The projects we support.
BUSHLIFE CONSERVANCY, ZIMBABWE
Bushlife strives to protect endangered species within the Mana Pools and Zambezi Valley areas of Zimbabwe from human threat. Their enforcement of anti-poaching efforts and community education projects ensures a future in which the area’s elephants, pangolins, painted dogs, and other wildlife flourish without risk of human-caused extinction. Bushlife, set and run by the very lovely Murray family, operate the Bushlife Support Unit that funds ranger patrols and conservation activities amounting to over $3,000,000 annually.
DONATED FUNDS RAISED FOR BUSHLIFE TO DATE (01/09/24): $3,000
ADDITIONAL DONATIONS: $5,000
TOURISM INCOME GENERATED FOR BUSHLIFE TO DATE (01/09/24): $3,300
TOTAL POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR BUSHLIFE: $11,300
THE MANTA TRUST
The Manta Trust is an inspiring organization that drives research, grants, education and expert advice that dictate policies governing the protection and preservation of Manta Rays and other oceanic wildlife around the world. They have contributed over more than 10 international legislation wins for manta rays and have helped gain national protection for manta and devil rays in fishing nations. The Manta Trust support over 28 on-the-ground organizations that are actively preserving and protecting our ocean through fund raising, research and education and we couldn’t be prouder to support such an incredible power house!
