# @unfoundation on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVn5-pgD7z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6344343-unfoundation-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7e440ecc62.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-17T15:30:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** United Nations Foundation (@unfoundation) — https://gondola.cc/unfoundation

## Caption

“Mary Lengees is one of the dedicated keepers caring for orphaned elephants at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (@r.e.s.c.u.e) - the first indigenous-owned and run elephant sanctuary in northern Kenya. She is one of the first indigenous Samburu women elephant keepers in all of Africa.
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Traditionally in Kenya, women are married young and are meant to take care their children and homes. Although women had never been keepers before, the community has embraced the new program. Today, Reteti has a total of 5 women keepers.
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Empowering women is crucial to counteract the increasing pressure placed on this fragile landscape - and globally. African elephants are vulnerable to climate change for a number of reasons, including scarcer water and food resources from drought. By giving women equal opportunity to work on their own land, they can lead in protecting wildlife like elephants from threats to biodiversity.”
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This photo was shared by @amivitale as part of our #EyeOnClimate challenge - a campaign dedicated to raising the profile of climate change solutions in the lead up to the Global Climate Action Summit, #GCAS2018.
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How is your #EyeOnClimate? Inspire action by sharing the climate solutions you see.

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## Tags

gcas2018, eyeonclimate

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