Conservation

• The local community wholly owns the Koija Star Beds, and they are deeply involved in their running on both a daily and strategic level. The community benefits through bed night payments (which amounted to $34,000 last Calendar year), cultural visits to the Koija community, and opportunities to trade with Loisaba guests. The Koija community is a beneficiary of the Loisaba Community Trust.
• The Loisaba Community Trust (LCT) is a locally registered charity, supported by the US registered Loisaba Community Conservation Foundation (LCCF). Funded by US tax deductible and other donations, the LCCF is dedicated to poverty alleviation and conservation in the surrounding area. One of the key routes to achieving this is to ensure that the traditionally marginalized Laikipia Maasai and Samburu people are both healthy and educated. The LCT has already granted 61 scholarships to secondary schools, 8 to college/university and two to trade school since its inception in 2000. It has built classrooms, paid teacher salaries and provided education supplies for hundreds of children.
• The Loisaba Community Trust has acquired eight Honda TRX 250 4 wheel All Terrain Vehicles; they can be hired out by the hour, for bush breakfasts or for game drives. By hiring one of the Loisaba Quads for Classrooms, guests not only have an electrifying experience riding through the bush, but it also helps to support our educational trust. The Loisaba Quads for Classrooms were purchased by a benefactor so all profits go directly into The Loisaba Community Trust.
• 80% of the Loisaba workforce comes from the local area.
• Tourism for conservation – by staying at Loisaba a guest is actively contributing to the conservation of not only the 100 sq mile s of Loisaba and its diverse flora and fauna but to the wider Laikipia Eco system