BACK THE RANGERS
PROTECT THE TURTLES
BUILD THEIR FUTURE
Help fund two years of community-led sea turtle conservation in Kilifi, Kenya—and launch an eco-tourism enterprise designed to create a sustainable future for the people protecting this coastline.
24 MONTHS. LOCAL RANGERS. ONE MISSION: MAKE CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE.
WHY THIS WORK MATTERS
SEA TURTLES
ARE STILL
FIGHTING TO SURVIVE.
Along Kenya’s coastline, sea turtles face threats at every stage of their lives. Poaching, accidental capture in fishing gear, plastic pollution and the loss of safe nesting habitat continue to put these ancient marine species at risk.
In Kilifi, our Turtle Rangers are on the frontline. They patrol nesting beaches, protect vulnerable nests, monitor hatchlings and respond when turtles are found injured or dead.
But conservation cannot depend on short-term funding forever. To protect turtles for generations to come, we need to build a model where the people safeguarding them can also build secure livelihoods from a healthy, living ocean.
A female green turtle found dead on the Kilifi coastline. Fishing-gear entanglement is suspected to have contributed to her death. Cases like this highlight the urgent need for local monitoring, reporting and protection.
Protecting turtles means protecting more than nests.
It means investing in the people who stand between these animals and the threats they face.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MISSION
MEET THE TURTLE RANGERS
Our Turtle Rangers are members of the local community who have become the first line of defence for sea turtles nesting along this coastline. They patrol beaches, monitor nests, respond to threats and help protect turtles when they are at their most vulnerable.
But this programme is about more than protecting wildlife. It is about creating a future where conservation provides opportunity — and where protecting the ocean becomes more valuable than exploiting it.
LOCAL PEOPLE. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. LASTING PROTECTION.
The long-term future of Kilifi's turtles depends on the people who share their coastline.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MISSION
WHAT DOES A
TURTLE RANGER DO?
Protecting sea turtles requires eyes on the beach, night after night. Our Rangers combine local knowledge with hands-on conservation, responding wherever turtles and their nests need them most.
1. PATROL & PROTECT
Protecting sea turtles requires eyes on the beach, night after night. Our Rangers combine local knowledge with hands-on conservation, responding wherever turtles and their nests need them most.
2. RESCUE & RELOCATE
When nests are at risk from tides, erosion or human disturbance, trained Rangers carefully relocate them to safer ground and monitor them until hatching.
3. CARE FOR THE COAST
Rangers help remove waste from nesting beaches and work alongside their communities to protect the wider coastal environment turtles depend on.
PROTECTION STARTS WITH SHOWING UP
Every patrol. Every protected nest. Every hatchling given a chance.
THE CHALLENGE
CONSERVATION NEEDS MORE
THAN SHORT-TERM FUNDING
Our Turtle Rangers need reliable livelihoods, and sea turtles need consistent protection. But conservation programmes cannot depend on donations and grants forever.
Our goal is to use the next two years to protect the progress already being made while helping the Rangers build something that can generate income of their own.
WHAT IF PROTECTING THE OCEAN
COULD ALSO CREATE A LIVING?
PROTECT
Fund two years of Ranger patrols and turtle conservation.
BUILD
Launch a community-led eco-tourism business.
SUSTAIN
Create livelihoods connected to a healthy, protected ocean.
This campaign isn't just about funding the next two years. It's about changing what happens after them.
THE SOLUTION
FROM TURTLE RANGERS
TO CONSERVATION ENTREPRENEURS
Over the next two years, we want to help the Turtle Rangers develop a community-led eco-tourism enterprise built around the coastline they already know and protect.
Through guided snorkelling experiences and marine conservation activities, visitors will experience Kilifi's marine environment alongside the people working to safeguard it.
The goal is simple: create an independent source of income for the Rangers that gives local communities a direct economic stake in keeping turtles, reefs and the wider marine ecosystem alive.
01 — EXPERIENCE
COMMUNITY-LED ECO-TOURISM
Visitors discover Kilifi's coastline through locally guided marine experiences.
02 — INCOME
LIVELIHOODS LINKED TO CONSERVATION
Tourism revenue creates an alternative source of income for participating Rangers and community members.
03 — IMPACT
PROTECTION THAT CAN LAST
As the enterprise grows, conservation becomes increasingly supported by the value of a healthy marine ecosystem.
THE 24-MONTH MISSION
TWO YEARS TO PROTECT
TWO YEARS TO BUILD
Your support will give the Turtle Rangers two years of stability to continue protecting Kilifi's coastline while we work with them to establish a community-led eco-tourism enterprise designed to generate long-term income.
TODAY
Ranger patrols
Nest monitoring
Turtle response
Beach protection
TOMORROW
Skills and training
Eco-tourism
Income generation
Sustainable conservation
WHEN THE OCEAN THRIVES, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
WHEN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, PROTECTION HAS A FUTURE.
YEAR 1
PROTECT + PREPARE
Keep conservation running
Continue Ranger patrols, nest monitoring, emergency response and community conservation activities.
Build the enterprise
Train participating Rangers in guiding, visitor safety, customer service and basic business management.
Prepare the experience
Develop guided marine experiences, secure essential equipment and establish partnerships with local tourism businesses.
YEAR 2
OPERATE + GROW
Continue protecting
Maintain Ranger patrols while the new enterprise begins generating revenue.
Launch and test
Bring the eco-tourism experiences to market and build a consistent flow of visitors.
Build independence
Strengthen operations, partnerships and revenue so the enterprise can increasingly contribute towards livelihoods and conservation beyond the campaign.
NOW ━━━ YEAR 1 ━━━ YEAR 2 ━━━ SUSTAINABILITY →
We are not asking you to fund conservation forever.
We are asking you to help us build a future where you don't have to.
THE CAMPAIGN
HERE’S WHAT WE NEED
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
$50K
24 MONTHS
OF PROTECTION + PROGRESS
Two years of frontline turtle protection.
One community-led enterprise built for the future.
PROTECT → BUILD → GROW → SUSTAIN
THE BREAKDOWN
EVERY DOLLAR
HAS A JOB
01 — PROTECT
$16,800
Ranger patrols and frontline turtle conservation.
02 — BUILD
$20,000
Training, equipment and eco-tourism hub construction & development.
03 — GROW
$8,000
Business development, launch and market access.
04 — STRENGTHEN
$5,200
Programme coordination, monitoring and reporting.
CHOOSE YOUR IMPACT
WHAT CAN
YOUR SUPPORT DO?
$25
PROTECT A NIGHT
Help support night patrols and nest monitoring.
$100
KEEP THE RANGERS MOVING
Support frontline patrols and turtle protection.
$250
ADOPT A NEST
Adopt a protected sea turtle nest and follow its journey from laying to hatching through updates from the Turtle Rangers.
$500
BUILD THE FUTURE
Fund training, equipment and business development to launch a community-led eco-tourism enterprise.
$1,000+
BECOME A CAMPAIGN PARTNER
Make a major contribution towards protection today and independence tomorrow.
THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION CAN BE DIFFERENT.
YOU'RE NOT
JUST FUNDING PROTECTION
YOU'RE HELPING
BUILD ITS FUTURE
Join the Mission
Every gift protects sea turtles today while helping build a future where local communities can fund conservation themselves.
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Your support creates impact far beyond a single patrol.
Every gift protects turtles today while helping communities build a future where conservation pays for itself.
EVERY TURTLE HELPS PROTECT ANOTHER
Not every supporter is ready to sponsor a campaign—but every Ocean Sole turtle helps fund conservation, supports Kenyan artisans and protects marine wildlife.
BUY A TURTLE.
SAVE A TURTLE.
Every sculpture helps protect endangered sea turtles while giving discarded flip-flops a second life.
5 km
Of Bofa Beach
6
Turtle Rangers
400+
Hatchlings protected each year
24
Months of Protection