The Mara River, spanning Kenya and Tanzania, is vital for both wildlife and human communities. Originating from Kenya’s Mau Escarpment and flowing into Lake Victoria, it supports the Great Migration of wildebeest and zebras, a world-renowned wildlife spectacle. The river sustains the Maasai and Kuria communities, who depend on it for water, agriculture, and livestock.
The river sustains the Maasai and Kuria communities, who depend on it for water, agriculture, and livestock.
Developments in the water sector are often planned and implemented in silos rather than in an integrated approach.WWF-Kenya is leading awareness campaigns on water security, access, quality and quantity by bringing together various stakeholders in the water sector to take collective action in championing for integrated water resource management across the country.
For more information visit: https://www.wwfkenya.org/
Gender Mainstreaming and Women Leadership
The BRIDGE Gender Grants aim to address barriers to gender equality and women’s empowerment in transboundary water governance. The grants support practical actions to strengthen inclusive institutions and promote women-led solutions for managing and restoring freshwater ecosystems. Two types of small grants are distributed during this phase, targeting shared basins in Africa, Asia, and South America where BRIDGE is active
For more information visit: https://waterandnature.org/all-initiatives/mrwua-mara-river-kenya/
SNV is a mission-driven global development partner, established in the Netherlands in 1965.
Inspired by the principles and objectives set out Sustainable Development Goals, SNV is committed to building resilient agri-food systems that deliver food security; to increasing the reliability and availability of water and sanitation; and to improving access to affordable and sustainable energy.
For more information on sustainable development
visit: https://www.snv.org/
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is a Kenyan government agency responsible for the management of the environment, and environmental policy.
For more information visit: https://nema.go.ke/
The MaMaSe Sustainable Water Initiative is aimed at improving water safety and security in the Mara River Basin to support structural poverty reduction, sustainable economic growth and conservation of the basin’s ecosystems. In this four year programme the people and institutions in the basin will be supported in a process of structural change, promoting water-wise economic development that lifts people out of poverty and sets them on a sustainable path to improved well being and self-reliance.
For more info visit: http://mamase.org/