CHAT CURRENTLY WORKS IN THIRTEEN COUNTIES IN KENYA
CHAT focuses their work where people and nature co-exist within fragile ecosystems. These areas include a variety of ecosystems from mountains to acacia woodland to dry-land savannah to riverine areas, and include regions bordering conserved areas, or within community conservancies. Within these ecosystems, population growth and density are unsustainable for the health of communities and the environment. As the natural resources people rely on for their livelihoods become degraded, these communities experience a deepening cycle of poverty and suffering.
Currently CHAT operates within 5 ecosystems (map)
1. North Kenya Rangelands Ecosystem – which extends across Samburu, Isiolo, Laikipia and Marsabit Counties
Approximately 80% of the inhabitants receiving CHAT's services live in under-served rural areas. In Samburu, Laikipia, Isiolo, Marsabit & Baringo the people are largely transient, semi-nomadic pastoralists from a number of ethnic groups, including Samburu, Turkana, Pokot, Boran, Somali, Mukogodo.
Meanwhile, we encounter mainly Kamba in Kitui and Meru & Tharakans in their eponymous county. In Nakuru County, CHAT is primarily providing services to an area inhabited by the Nandi and Kikuyu peoples. In Nyeri the people are mainly Kikuyu. In Narobi we are working in a suburban slums called Karen & Dagoretti
Currently CHAT operates within 5 ecosystems (map)
1. North Kenya Rangelands Ecosystem – which extends across Samburu, Isiolo, Laikipia and Marsabit Counties
- 2. Tana River Ecosystem – which extends across Northern Kitui, Meru and Tharaka Counties
- 3. North Rift Ecosystem – which includes parts of Baringo (East Pokot) and Nakuru (Mau Forest) Counties
- 4. Lake Victoria Basin Ecosystem – which currently operates in Kisii County
Approximately 80% of the inhabitants receiving CHAT's services live in under-served rural areas. In Samburu, Laikipia, Isiolo, Marsabit & Baringo the people are largely transient, semi-nomadic pastoralists from a number of ethnic groups, including Samburu, Turkana, Pokot, Boran, Somali, Mukogodo.
Meanwhile, we encounter mainly Kamba in Kitui and Meru & Tharakans in their eponymous county. In Nakuru County, CHAT is primarily providing services to an area inhabited by the Nandi and Kikuyu peoples. In Nyeri the people are mainly Kikuyu. In Narobi we are working in a suburban slums called Karen & Dagoretti
