Cheli & Peacock Community Trust

At all of the Cheli & Peacock properties, we ensure that nearby communities receive a tangible benefit from tourism.  We support local schools and clinics, take clients to visit villages where they often purchase locally made gifts, employ and train local staff, procure vegetables and woodwork from local suppliers and over the years have opened up new areas for tourism, bringing revenue to struggling conservation areas and marginalized communities.

The Cheli & Peacock Community Trust was started in 2010 to formalize existing community and conservation efforts being made, both at our properties and on a group level. The structure of the trust enables us to track and manage specifically earmarked donations, project expenditure and communication with our donors.  In order to facilitate the donor, we are working on tax-free donation status and online overseas payment options.

We have employed a dedicated full-time Project Manager, Chania Frost, to run the trust and support these projects, who will also be posting updates on Twitter and Facebook. For up to date information on all the projects we are running, please follow the links below. 

Conservation initiatives we are currently supporting include:

• Protecting Shaba's Wildlife - Chaffa Gate, Joy's Camp, Shaba National Reserve
• Nakuprat-Gotu Conservancy, Joy's Camp, Shaba National Reserve
• Namunyak Conservancy, Kitch Camp, Matthews Range
• Lewa Safaricom Marathon, Lewa Safari Camp, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
• Elephant Fencing Project, Tortilis Camp, Amboseli
• Big Life Foundation, Tortilis Camp, Amboseli

Our Social Responsibility projects, or what we refer to as the 'Small Things' we do for the local communities, are:

• 'The Cement Project', Ura Gate Primary School, Elsa's Kopje, Meru
• Kachuru Primary School, Joy's Camp, Shaba National Reserve
• Lewa Education Programme, Lewa Safari Camp, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
• 'Buy a Brick - Donate a Dorm', Esiteti Primary School, Tortilis Camp, Amboseli

Please Contact Us to find out how you can donate to our projects or, for photos and the latest updates about the C&P Trust projects you choose to contribute to, click on this Facebook link.

Pack for a Purpose

Are you keen to bring out supplies for schools and clinics, with the potential option of donating them directly to the communities near the camps you are visiting? If so, click on the link below to find out what to bring and how best to Pack for a Purpose!