Conservation

• Saruni has established a women's group, whose members come from the local community. The ladies are allowed to sell their artefacts directly in the Saruni shop, and the lodge makes sure that the group remains in charge of the income generated by this activity.
• Saruni also supports the Kibera Paper project. Kibera is a large slum in Nairobi, and many of the women who live there are HIV-affected single mothers. Their beautifully hand made cards are for sale in the Saruni shop.
• More than 80% of Saruni's 45 employees are Maasai from the local communities. They are given training and jobs, and encouraged to rise through the ranks, so that the local communities can have direct benefit from the lodge's presence in the area. Saruni also sponsors young Maasai to train as guides at the Koiyaki Guiding School, to make sure that the future generations of conservationists and safari guides will see the Maasai people in the forefront.
• Saruni pay park fees directly to the 50 owners of the land around Saruni, and to the Koiyaki landowners, making sure that the money does go to the true owners of the land.
  The lodge protects the Northern corridors of the Masai Mara eco-system, around the Lemek-Ngoswani area, with community rangers paid by Saruni.
• Saruni have invested significant amounts of money to produce electricity through solar panels, instead of burning firewood. The lodge also heats its water with solar technology.