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Wildlife conservation
Partnering with the wildlife authorities to rehabilitate and restore wildlife
areas
Rehabilitation of wildlife ecosystems
Developing infrastructure and safeguarding ecosystems
Endangered species programmes
Initiating and managing endangered species programmes
Community outreach and education programmes
Working with the local communities primarily for educational purposes and
environmental awareness
Wildlife conservation
Partnering with the wildlife authorities to rehabilitate and restore wildlife
areas
Rehabilitation of wildlife ecosystems
Developing infrastructure and safeguarding ecosystems
Endangered species programmes
Initiating and managing endangered species programmes
Community outreach and education programmes
Working with the local communities primarily for educational purposes and
environmental awareness
Wildlife conservation
Partnering with the wildlife authorities to rehabilitate and restore wildlife
areas
Rehabilitation of wildlife ecosystems
Developing infrastructure and safeguarding ecosystems
Endangered species programmes
Initiating and managing endangered species programmes
Community outreach and education programmes
Working with the local communities primarily for educational purposes and
environmental awareness




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THE BEGINNINGS

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WHO WE ARE



THE BEGINNINGS

George Adamson, the “Lion Man” of Africa, was one of the founding fathers of
wildlife conservation. He was best known through the book and film Born Free,
the story of Elsa, the orphaned lioness raised and released into the wild by
Adamson and his wife, Joy. In 1970 he moved to Kora in northern Kenya where he
was joined by his brother Terence Adamson and by Tony Fitzjohn as his right-hand
man to continue the rehabilitation of captive or orphaned big cats for eventual
reintroduction to the wild and to develop the infrastructure and security of
Kora (then a national reserve) to national park status which was awarded in
1989.  

WHO WE ARE

The objectives of The George Adamson & Tony Fitzjohn Wildlife Trusts are to
partner with local wildlife authorities to restore degraded wildlife areas,
enhance wildlife conservation, reverse the decline of endangered species and
invest in adjacent communities linking benefits from conservation actions. The
Trust in Kenya is currently in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service to
apply these actions in Kora National Park. 



The Trusts represent a spirit of dynamic “hands on” conservation, concentrating
limited resources to the best possible effect. Africa is now the beneficiary of
many excellent conservation programmes. However, the Kora Project has a unique
aspect. It is the regeneration of Kora National Park, in partnership with Kenya
Wildlife Service, including the rehabilitation its wildlife and endangered
species. This project, together with a concentrated outreach and education
programme, does not simply attempt to hold the line on conservation. It is a
great endeavour to re-establish a complete ecosystem positively reversing the
damage which has been done. We now possess the experience from our highly
successful, thirty year programme in Tanzania. This internationally renowned
project involved the transformation of the vast Mkomazi Game Reserve into a
thriving National Park. It has enabled us to master the techniques of revival
and renewal in order that an ecosystem becomes self-sustaining. In Kora today we
are putting that experience to the best use.

The Trusts are proud of their contribution to this vital science and the
education it provides. To this end, the Trusts have worked closely with the
Royal Geographical Society on their major expeditions to Kora National Park and
Mkomazi National Park. We believe that the Kora Project is one of the most
exciting and valuable endeavours in African conservation today. Please join us.




KORA
PROJECT

Kora National Park, Kenya 

“Kora, so often overlooked and misrepresented, is well worth every effort to
sustain it as a wild place in its own right and as a value added buffer to the
Meru National Park. Tony Fitzjohn has the vision, the energy and the experience
to put this together but he needs the support of all of us if success is to be
assured.” Dr. Richard Leakey

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George Adamson moves to Kora, renting the land from the Tana River council

1970
Christian, the lion from Harrods in London, arrives in Kora

1970
Terence Adamson and his team begin to open up the roads and tracks in Kora

1970
George and Terence Adamson are joined in Kora by Tony Fitzjohn

1973
The catastrophic poaching of elephants and rhinos is on the ascent

1975
Terence Adamson clears the road to the westernmost point of the Reserve

1976
The 40-mile boundary on the south-west side of the Reserve is made by Terence
Adamson

1980
Establishment of the Kora Wildlife Preservation Trusts in the UK and Kenya

1981
The Kora Research Project commences, a joint venture between the Royal
Geographical Society and the National Museums of Kenya

1985
Death of Terence Adamson

1986
The Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust changes its name to the George Adamson
Wildlife Preservation Trust

1988
Tony Fitzjohn is invited by the Government of Tanzania to work with them on the
rescue and rehabilitation of the degraded Mkomazi Game Reserve in north-eastern
Tanzania, contiguous with Tsavo West National Park in Kenya

1988
Tony Fitzjohn embarks on the first recces of the Mkomazi Game Reserve with the
project manager of the Wildlife Division of Tanzania

1989
Kora is upgraded to National Park status

1990
Bandits burn George Adamson's camp to the ground

1995
1996 to 1999 - Dr Anne Spoerry of African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)
'Medicine by Air' begins medical clinic visits to Asako village

1999
Water rehabilitation project started in Asako village with funding from GAWPT
and AMREF

1999
The consruction of Adamson's Bridge over the Tana River, linking Meru National
Park and Kora National Park, is completed

2000
AMREF Flying Doctor's medical clinics continue in Asako village

2003
Rebuilding of Kampi ya Simba continues. A platoon base is opened up on the Kampi
ya Simba airstrip

2004/2005
Meetings and discussions continue with KWS

2005/2006
Tony Fitzjohn is awarded the OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List, for
services to wildlife in East Africa

2006/2007
Trusts for African Schools support Asako Primary School

2008/2009
Work starts on maintaining the airstrip

2008/2009
The Asako water windmill pump well needs to be deepened to find cleaner water or
moved to another site. Trusts for African Schools increase support to Asako
Primary School and Madogo Secondary School

2010
A key official meeting took place in Mwingi between the heads of department of
KWS and GAWPT to outline the objectives for the rehabilitation of Kora and to
commence the preparation of the memorandum of understanding between the two
parties

2010
Tony Fitzjohn and HE Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka invited by KWS to the Mwingi
Signing at KWS HQ. KWS intend to take over the management and close
administration of Mwingi National Reserve

2010
New tractor, trailer, grader blade and water bowser delivered to Kampi ya Simba.
Jamie Manuel starts to work for GAWPT in Kora and obtains a private pilot's
license

2011
The 22nd year memorial to George Adamson is held in Kora, organised by KWS

2011
A male lion cub delivered to Kora by Dr Peter Morkel and is looked after by
Jamie Manuel. A documentary is made on this

2012
Meetings take place with KWS, GAWPT and the provincial Commissioner, North
Eastern Province and the District Commissioner Mbalambala

2012
GAWPT builds a new office for the Chief at Boka village. Trusts for African
Schools funds dormitories at Boka Primary School

2013/2014
Wildlife poaching on the ascent and terrorist attacks in Kenya. Drought and
disease burning for charcoal and destruction of the riverine forests on the
northern and southern banks of the Tana River all take their toll

2013/2014
Trusts for African Schools expand their support to include other schools

2013/2014
Tony Fitzjohn and Stephen Kameti attend meeting for the preparation of a general
management plan for Kora

2015
Submissions made to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of KWS, Dr Richard
Leakey, and Cabinet Secretaries

2015
KWS connect the Kijito water windmill pump to the village school and KWS water
system at their platoon base

2015
Meetings with the Governor for Kitui County on the development of Kora

2016/2017
Framework management plan produced for Kora by GAWPT and Dr Ian Games in
conjunction with KWS. Fencing contractor surveys Kora fencing project

2016/2017
Famine relief support donated by GAWPT and conservation days organised by Trusts
for African Schools in the communities

2018
Handover of the Mkomazi Project in Tanzania and return to Kenya to work full
time with KWS on the rehabilitation of Kora National Park, continuing extensive
discussions for the long-term stewardship, conservation, environmental
protection and sustainable development of Kora and to forward joint objectives

2020
Equipment brought in from Tanzania to be used for the field work in Kora. This
includes two aircraft (Cessna 206 and Supercub), tractor, trailer, water bowser
and support vehicles

2020/2021
Covid Pandemic

2022
GAWPT continues its field work in Kora in partnership with KWS, continuing the
legacy of George Adamson, Terence Adamson and Tony Fitzjohn

2024

1970
George is joined in Kora by his brother Terence Adamson

1970
Construction of Kampi ya Simba begins

1970
Rehabilitation of lions to the wild

1971
Kora is gazetted into a National Reserve

1973
End of the rhinos in Kora; rhinos seldom seen after this time

1976
Unprecedented numbers of shifta poaching gangs rampaging through Kora

1976/1977
Joy Adamson murdered at her home in Shaba

1980
Rehabilitation of leopards to the wild

1983
An aircraft is donated to the Trust and Tony Fitzjohn gains his Private Pilot's
License

1986
By 1986, the lion programme had seen the breeding of a third generation of lions
and some of those third-generation lions had five litters of cubs

1988
Construction commences of a bridge over the Tana River

1988
The Tony Fitzjohn George Adamson African Wildlife Preservation Trust in the USA
is formed

1989
20th August 1989 - George Adamson is murdered in Kora National Reserve

1989
The Mkomazi Project gets underway, focusing on infrastructure and security

1993
The Honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in
Kenya asks Tony Fitzjohn to produce an operational plan to reserve environmental
degradation in Kora and fully protect the area for the future

1996
Discussion continue with Dr Richard Leakey and KWS on the future development of
Kora National Park and GAWPT's commitment to this

1999
Rebuilding of George Adamson's camp, Kampi ya Simba

1999
Tony Fitzjohn undertakes a survey with Mark Jenkins, KWS Senior Warden of Meru
and Kora National Parks, to assess how GAWPT could assist KWS in the
redevelopment of Kora National Park

2001
A water hand-pump is funded by GAWPT and installed by AMREF in Asako village and
they receive their first clean water ever

2003/2004
Rebuilding of George Adamson's camp complete. Peace is the most notable
development in Asako with an increased KWS presence

2005/2006
A Kijito water windmill pump, funded by GAWPT, is installed on a 30 foot tower
in Asako

2006
Clearing of the back road from Masyungwa to Kampi ya Simba underway by KWS with
some support from GAWPT

2006/2007
KWS committed to rehabilitating Kora as part of the Meru Conservation Area

2008/2009
Discussions continue with KWS about a partnership with GAWPT in the
rehabilitation of Kora

2008/2009
A 21 year memorial is held in Kora by KWS to commemorate the death of George
Adamson

2010
GAWPT supports ongoing work in the park and the purchase of plant machinery

2010
Trusts for African Schools extends its support for education to Boka village.
Funds donated by GAWPT to KWS to construct an airstrip close to Boka village

2011
Jamie and Omar Tana start to work on the production of an updated map of Kora
for GAWPT and GPS'd all base-line data

2011
Catholic Relief Services survey, site and drill a new well for the old water
Kijito windmill pump in Asako village

2012
Environmental Impact Assessment carried out by KWS commences on proposed fencing
on the boundary of Kora

2012
Stephen Kameti of Trusts for African Schools carries out its education
programmes in the communities to the west and east of Kora

2012
Environmental Impact Assessment on Kora fencing project completed

2013/2014
Meetings and discussions with KWS and County Governors

2013/2014
KWS re-lay the pipe from the water windmill pump in Asako to the village holding
tanks

2013/2014
Historic meeting in Nairobi with GAWPT (UK and Kenya), KWS, County Governors of
Kitui County and Tana River County, MPs, representatives of the Ministry of
Tourism and Wildlife, the fencing contractor, the EIA team and Trusts for
African Schools all brought together to discuss a viable development project to
link Kora and Mwingi National Reserve as a single contiguous ecosystem

2015
The GAWPT fencing project for Kora receives NEMA approval

2015
Trusts for African Schools continue valuable education work for Asako Primary
School, Boka Primary School, Madogo Secondary School, Mitamisyi Secondary
School, Kaseluni Primary School, El Rar Primary School and Jarajara Primary
School

2015
Key consolidation talks to move forwards with the rehabilitation of the Park

2016/2017
Tony Fitzjohn and Steve Kameti embark on Kora initiative again with senior
government officials

2016/2017
KWS produce Kora National Park management plan

2019
Discussions with KWS culminate in a visit by the cabinet Secretary to Kampi ya
Simba

2020
Upgrade and overhaul of Kampi ya Simba begins

2020/2021
23rd May 2022 - Tony Fitzjohn, field director of the GAWPT's, dies of cancer and
is buried in Kora next to George Adamson, Terence Adamson and the lions Boy,
Supercub and Mugi

2022/2023



MKOMAZI
PROJECT

Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania (1989 – 2019)

Mkomazi National Park (formerly Game Reserve) is in the north of Tanzania along
the Kenyan border. It covers an area of 3,270 square kilometers. Together with
Tsavo National Park in Kenya to the north of the border, it forms one of the
largest protected ecosystems in Africa. 

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