29/07/2023
*A GLIMPSE OF A FIRE BRAND TOUR GUIDE, PERMACULTURE, CONSERVATIONIST AND ENVIRONMENTALIST MR. PATRICK OLE LETURA ALIAS CHIEF & THE PANEGYRIC PORTRAYAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE MAA PEOPLE.*
*WHO IS PATRICK OLE LETURA?*
*MEET MR. PATRICK OLE LETURA - CHIEF THE UNSUNG HERO, SILENT EARTHMOVER, PHILANTHROPIST, POWERFUL WORKHORSE, HUMANITARIAN AND INDOMITABLE LION OF EXCELLENCE TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF THE PASTORALIST COMMUNITIES IN SEKENANI, MAASAI MARA AND BEYOND.*
*THE ENGINE BEHIND MANAGEMENT AND THE RISE OF TANO BORA SAFARIS AND EWANGAN CULTURAL VILLAGE.*
Mr. Patrick Ole Letura is man of the people, young turk real estate personage, a peace practitioner, true advocate of biodiversity, environmentalist, conservationist and mentor to many who grew up in a typical pastoralist humble background in the precipitous slopes of Sekenani, Maasai Mara in Narok County with the zeal and zest to impact lives and raise the livelihoods of the people and their living standards so high and ensuring conservation of the environment through tree planting for wildlife and livestock dominance and escalating tourist activities as well as creating a conducive and habitable environment for all within Maasai Mara having worked closely with the local community. He is know for giving Maasai Mara visiting guests a thrilling, enjoyable and successful safaris and tours within Maasai Mara ecosystem. *THE REMINISCENT PUISSANT STALWART* a household asset and an icon in the community, a peace builder who has reached out to the underprivileged masses in the society which rekindles the energy of lives of the people who seems forgotten and left out in the society. He is a promoter of social human rights, including access to a conducive environment, exclusive game drives, empowering the youth and advocating against demeaning the Indigenous communities.
Mr. Patrick Ole Letura has taken the center stage of environmental conservation, preservation programs and restoration of rangelands in immense tree planting aim to protect human life, wildlife and livestock. He is a patriot, an action oriented, passion driven person and a go getter who has the community, tourism and wildlife at heart. He has risen through the conservation ladder to a more experienced tour guide, conservationist and environmentalist in the entire Maasai Mara.
Mr. Patrick Ole Letura believes on initiatives of restoring peace, educational enrichment, empowerment of women and youth, sustainable development, provision of income-generating opportunities as well as revenue for bursaries to help pay schools fees to the most destitute children in the community.
He fully relies on the principle that conservation and tree planting exercises can be turned a vehicle to deliver development to communities as the custodians and first conservation champions and that beyond the literal wildlife protection and environmental conservation in Maasai Mara, there exists an inherent relationship between wildlife and the Maa people to live together and socialise hence a totalilty to back up and support these communities.
He is the CEO of Tano Bora Safaris and Ewangan Cultural Village a self help group aim to sustain the Maa culture through the lives and activities of the village. The community has a great interest in sustainable development, conservation and ecotourism in the Maasai region. Ewang'an Village provides an opportunity for the Maa community to showcase environmental sensitivity and healthy living within a traditional Maa cultural setting.
Ewangan Village strives to supports many local activities including football training, providing sports kit, Beadworks for women, helping children to participate in drama festivals and sports tournaments in Narok County, Nairobi and national competitions.
Notably, the success of Sekenani Primary School Medicinal Tree Nursery, aimed to educate children on the need of planting trees, raise funds for school fees and help the local community on the awareness of climate, restore badly degraded land and create a more resilient ecosystem.
Ewangan Maasai Village is the home to a wide range of client-based activities including guided wildlife tours in the Maasai Mara national reserve, medicinal plant and bush walks, cultural tours, jewellery making, honey production, cultural songs and dances, homestays and warriors' training.
On his philanthropic initiatives Letura has been sensitizing the community on the need to keep the environment clean through collection and proper disposing of polythene bags which have been a big threat to livestock. He has always strived to mitigate and minimize the occurrences of human-wildlife conflict by providing critical conservation programming in conjunction with the provision of essential humanitarian, development and peace building services. His vision is of a vibrant and prosperous relationship between the people of Maasai Mara and the many species of flora and fauna the ecosystem to envision a relationship that is self-reinforcing, sustainable, and mutually beneficial and to preserve the natural habitats of incredible creatures of wildlife to thrive and flourish for generations to come.
He has always promoted healthy ecosystems that support wildlife, livestock and human needs, improve the conditions of degraded areas and minimize invasive species, advocate for tree planting exercise and strictly deal with poachers and charcoal burning. He boasts of the support from the County Government of Narok having incorporated the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP).
Mr. Patrick Ole Letura sensational and inspiration story having been born and raised in the Maasai Manyattas and through his tremendous work experience in service to the people and giving back to the community he hosts accolades and decorations from the community locally and internationally from all foreign visitors who interacted with him.
He is a celebrated tour guide and environmental expert, conservationist, an advocate of a vibrant and relevant wildlife and tourism industry and environmental conservation whose efforts have enabled the Maa people to conserve the environment through tree planting to improve their lives. He advocates for Government commitments towards strategic partnership with communities in restoring fragile ecosystems for the mutual benefits to communities and wildlife. He also spearheaded the need for communities living near conserved areas to have incentives and benefits to tolerate wildlife conflicts and conserve for the global public benefits to promote coexistence and create a business of wildlife conservation and livestock management to fuel a correlation where livestock, people and wildlife co-exist peacefully within the same space.
He is highly skilled in positively engaging all visitors and communities in education, conservation and resolving human-wildlife conflicts and issues that arise over natural resources. He has been decorated as a holistic land, wildlife, tourism and conservation management communal expert, a conservationist who has inspired many through his quest to champion for community conservation across Maasai Mara.
His in-depth knowledge of the challenges attached to pastoral life in Maasai Mara's harsh landscape and vast knowledge in wildlife conservation has earned him a great deal of respect.
Chief Patrick Ole Letura is a promoter of conservation, a celebrated conservationist with the passion of motivating and inspiring the youth to rise beyond their standards. He has also contributed in raising a generation that knows and values the importance of preserving the environment and the need of tree planting. He is so passionate about conservation, wildlife, tourism and environmental protection, a seasonal soft-spoken restorer but firm iron man whose actions holds and sways many forces with a clean track record and besides planting development seeds in all corners of Maasai Mara and beyond. He is relentless in quest to see the Maa people enjoying their full rights, empower them to participate in important decisions on issues that affect them and strengthen advocacy platforms through numerous groups to amplify their voice against violation on their human rights as well as embrace peace, improve quality life by harnessing holistic participation, resource utilization in food security, education, democracy and governance, natural resource management and gender equality for equitable and sustainable development.
From a normal nomad life, humble background to a *LIFE CHANGING VESSEL,* who has shown emphatical proficiency and impeccable passion of clean, honest and competent service delivery for all.
*MR. PATRICK OLE LETURA* is among *the top celebrated tour guide, environmental conservationists and peace ambassador* in Narok who is competent, experienced, tenacious, patriotic and above all a God-fearing man. A selfless man of fine mettle, disposition, sheer tenacity a crusader of social justice, a vide philanthropist, a professional of repute, a fair and a square patriot to beat.
He is a shrewd magnificent performer and a distinctive maven of honest servant leadership, a vibrant person who dispenses his duties and mandates to fellow humanity and serves all and sundry with the total fear of the Lord.
Today we celebrate with extol distinction of excellence a Maa son, the rising star in Maasai Mara, Narok - *MR. PATRICK OLE LETURA.*
