Empowering Women as Grevy's Zebra Scouts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

EmpoweringWomenasGrevy'sZebraScouts.April15,2015.ByWildlifeConservationNetwork.RirianisayoungwomanwholivesinnorthernKenyawithher ...

By Wildlife Conservation Network

Ririan is a young woman who lives in northern Kenya with her husband and two children. The family has only two cows and two goats to support them. Ririan’s husband travels regularly to the nearest town, Archer’s Post, to find casual jobs, but does not have a regular source of income. So when the opportunity arose for Ririan to become a Grevy’s Zebra Scout, she was thrilled.

Grevy’s Zebra Scouts work for Grevy’s Zebra Trust[1] (GZT) gathering data on the zebras and raising conservation awareness in their communities. GZT has always worked to provide employment to women through the Scouts program. Many Scouts are able to pay for things like medical care and education for their children with the income that they receive.

In 2014, the Caridad Giving Circle granted approximately $10,000 to Grevy’s Zebra Trust to hire six new female Scouts and expand into six ne...