Basecamp Foundation
Basecamp Foundation
Member Since
2010
Category
Non-Governmental Organization
Website
www.basecampfoundation.org
Phone
+254 20 38 77 490
Address
PO Box 433 69
Nairobi, 100
Kenya
Kenya
Regions of Operations
Africa
Basecamp Foundation
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About Us
Who we are
Basecamp is a non-profit tourism based organization that works with host communities and partner organizations in tourism destinations to create sustainable destinations in developing countries. We want to create a forum for host communities to demonstrate positive impacts of tourism on the natural, social and economic environment.
What we do
Basecamp work is defined by five core values – care, culture, conservation, climate and capacity. Within these values, we operate various projects aimed at developing sustainable destinations.
Care
Basecamp works towards improved access to health and health information for host communities. We support infrastructure development – such as building health centers – and support access to clean water. We also run outreach programmes with a purpose to disseminate information and increase health awareness. For example, we run HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) drives for host communities in markets around our destinations and provide food supplements for victims of HIV. Basecamp also runs a comprehensive workplace HIV programme.
Sustainability Practices
Conservation
We are committed to sustainable land management and through supporting community conservancies we seek to ensure the core tourism resource – wildlife and land – is protected by host communities. At Naboisho Conservancy in the world famous Maasai Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, we conserve more than 20,000 hectares of wildlife land in partnership with the 500 Maasai owners of the land forming a crucial wildlife migratory corridor. Basecamp is also committed to the conservation of various species through moniotoring. We run a monitoring programme for big cats and elephants in Naboisho and other Basecamp Explorer destinations.
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