Conservation leadership training for indigenous youth in India and Kenya
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Capability & Capacity
VALUE £199,979
WHERE Kenya, India
Summary
In India and Kenya, indigenous youth seek to lead community-based environmental, economic and cultural resilience work, yet lack leadership capacity. Many global conservation leadership programmes unintentionally exclude indigenous community members, compounding their marginalisation from formal conservation practice. Global South conservation practitioners co-design and pilot a Grassroots Leadership Programme with 6 indigenous youth associations who gain skills to develop, fundraise for, and lead their conservation projects. Programme scalability is ensured with toolkits, graduate training, online and in-person outreach events and network-building.
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