All Photo Albums
Photographs by Will Baxter and Ruth Leavett
Also about Mupo:
The Mupo Foundation
Saving Phiphidi Falls
The Makhadzis - Defenders of Sacred Sites
Eco-Cultural Mapping in Venda
Interview with Mpatheleni- A Defender of the Sacred Sites
The streams stopped flowing, the rivers just dried up, the forest was completely changing as all the water was consumed by these imposter trees. William Gachunia, Karima Community
The Karima Sacred Forest is set on a hill in the heart of the Nyeri district of Kenya, located between the sacred Kiriinyaga Mountain (Mt. Kenya) and Nyandarua (Aberdare ranges).
Photographs by Will Baxter
To protect our people against strong winds.To protect us against the strong sun.To protect us against droughts.To protect us against diseases.We don't chop these trees. Because we relate all things to these trees.Dakito Atestata (Clan leader)
Photographs by Will Baxter
After the training I felt so much confidence in myself, I wanted to use my knowledge for my farm. I felt strong. I still feel strong.Kago, local Kamburu farmer
Photographs by Will Baxter
If we look at the ancestral way we find the solution to rebuild what has been destroyed.Mpatheleni Makaulule, Director of the Mupo Foundation
Photographs by Will Baxter
In November of 2009, a very special meeting took place within the Tshidzivhe community of Venda, in the North East region of South Africa. The meeting was to carry out an exercise in community participatory mapping, and it was to mark a turning point for the community and all those involved.
Our countryside is being destroyed, and our forests have disappeared…for me...
