Tofauti Foundation

Tofauti Foundation Tofauti Foundation was set up to “Protect Ecosystems, Environments, People and Wildlife in Africa.”

12/08/2026

🐘 Happy World Elephant Day!

Protecting elephants isn’t just about protecting elephants - it’s about creating a future where wildlife and communities can thrive alongside one another.

Through the 10% Fence Plan, Tofauti supports communities to protect 10% of their farmland with fencing, helping keep crops safe while leaving 90% open for wildlife to move through. By reducing human-elephant conflict and supporting local livelihoods, the approach creates space for both people and elephants to thrive.

Because lasting conservation starts with finding ways for people and wildlife to live better together. 💚🐘

29/07/2026

Six out of seven families in Shirango Conservancy now report their harvest lasts over six months.

Before the 10% Fence Plan, many were losing most of what they grew to crop raiding - a year's effort gone in a single night. The fence changed that. Surplus gets sold. Bills get paid. Children stay in school longer.

It sounds like a local story. And it is. But it's also yours.

Every person who supports Tofauti - who donates, shares, follows, or simply cares - is part of the reason that fence exists. Part of the reason those six months of food are possible. Part of a chain of impact that runs from your home to a farm on the edge of Tsavo.

You're closer to this than you might think.

Link in bio to find out more 🌿

Together we make Tofauti.

21/07/2026

The best conservation projects we've seen are built by people who know the land intimately - the communities, the ecology, the pressures, the possibilities.

Our role at Tofauti is to find those people and those projects, and help them go further.

We bring together specialist partners in Kenya and the UK, building the teams, resources, and connections that allow exceptional work to reach its full potential.

From Tsavo's savannahs to Kenya's coast, each project is different - but the belief running through all of them is the same: that people and wildlife thrive together, or not at all.

Link in bio to see what we're working on 🌍

Together we make Tofauti. 💪🌿

07/07/2026

Leopards. Lions. Hyenas. Wild dogs.

To most people, they're the reason to visit East Africa. To a farming family in Tsavo without a fence, they can represent losses of up to 70% of their livestock in a single year - losses that are very hard to recover from.

The 10% Fence Plan protects the heart of each farm. Households with the fence recorded a 100% decrease in livestock predation.

But here's what that also means for the wildlife: when a leopard is no longer a source of devastating loss, retaliatory killing stops. Attitudes shift. A predator that was once a threat becomes part of a landscape people feel connected to - and want to protect.

The fence keeps livestock safe. And in doing so, it keeps the predators safe too.

Link in bio 🌿

Together we make Tofauti.

21/05/2026

Meet the crablet. 🦀

Small enough to fit in your hand. Grown to market size by families on Kenya's coast, sold for a real income, and quietly helping restore one of the world's most important coastal ecosystems in the process.

Our Crabs Alive project takes pressure off wild mud crab populations by giving communities a farmed alternative - one they run themselves, that generates steady revenue, and that gives the mangroves space to recover.

Over two-thirds of the families involved are women. The crabs thrive. The mangroves breathe. The community builds something lasting.

Link in bio 🌊

Together we make Tofauti.

Meet the crablet. 🦀Small enough to fit in your hand. Grown to market size by families on Kenya's coast, sold for a real ...
21/05/2026

Meet the crablet. 🦀

Small enough to fit in your hand. Grown to market size by families on Kenya's coast, sold for a real income, and quietly helping restore one of the world's most important coastal ecosystems in the process.

Our Crabs Alive project takes pressure off wild mud crab populations by giving communities a farmed alternative - one they run themselves, that generates steady revenue, and that gives the mangroves space to recover.

Creating sustainable job opportunities equally weighted to local women. The crabs thrive. The mangroves breathe. The community builds something lasting.

Link in bio 🌊

Together we make Tofauti.

Built in partnership with Tsavo Trust and the Kamungi community, the Kamungi Banda Eco-Lodge creates employment opportun...
14/05/2026

Built in partnership with Tsavo Trust and the Kamungi community, the Kamungi Banda Eco-Lodge creates employment opportunities, supports local development projects, and helps protect vital wildlife habitat along the boundary of Tsavo East National Park.

Designed as a long-term eco-tourism initiative, the lodge demonstrates how conservation and community development can work hand in hand.

Revenue generated through the project supports local livelihoods, conservation efforts, and future community-led growth.

Conservation works best when the people living alongside wildlife benefit too.

For partnership and support opportunities, visit www.tofauti.org

08/05/2026

Protect, Empower, Repeat.

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough - a voice that has inspired generations to see, appreciate, and protect the natural world.

His legacy reminds us that conservation is not built through one grand gesture, but through persistent action, collective effort, and people who choose to care.

Whether big or small, every action matters. Every restored habitat, every protected species, every community supported - it all adds up.

Hope lives through Action - Join us in creating positive change.

Many hands. One future. 💚🌍🙌


05/05/2026

Despite careful planning, crops like cowpeas and maize haven’t taken this particular shamba. A reminder of just how dry and unpredictable this landscape is.

But this is part of the process. Through the 10% Fence Plan, farmers can trial and refine permaculture techniques in a focused area - learning what works, what doesn’t, and how to adapt.

Progress here isn’t linear. It’s iterative, and it’s shared. 💚

22/04/2026

Within a farmer's 10% fenced area, this water capture system has collected enough rain to support the household through to September.

You’ll also spot floating platforms placed there to help bees from the farmer's nearby apiary safely access water, supporting honey production.

Simple, thoughtful systems supporting both people and nature. 💚

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