Impact Report 2017 – 2026

1. A non-profit founded in 2017, working mainly in Kilifi County, Kenya — in conservation, education and health.
2. Total spending of $784,800 across 2017 – 2026, with 81% invested in conservation.
3. 5 land sites protected (3 leases, 2 properties), and twice-weekly beach clean-ups on Bofa Beach.
4. 20 students and teachers taken on safari; teacher salaries paid at Future Hope; Dindi Mbingi's studies funded.
5. Medical care paid for people who could not otherwise get it, including surgeries for a young boy.
6. Key conservation partners: Pwani University, Arabuko Sokoke and Oceans Alive.

Next: Research. Reforestation. A five-year plan.

1. Research.
2. Reforestation.
3. A five-year plan.
4. Spending in 2026: $54,800.

1. February 2021: visited Local Ocean Conservation in Watamu, which has protected nesting sea turtles since 1997, and watched a vet treat an injured turtle.
2. June 2021: sponsored the art and craft competition at the Diani Sea Turtle Festival — a free event that brings 200 local students together.
3. 2022: twice-weekly beach clean-ups on Bofa Beach, Kilifi; we also joined the International Coastal Cleanup.
4. 2021: secured ten-year land leases in Diani, Kilifi and Vipingo, protecting coastline from development.
5. Met Oceans Alive and the Kuruwitu community group, who run the first locally managed marine area in the Western Indian Ocean.
6. May 2022: the board agreed to make sea turtle conservation a main focus.
7. 2023: sponsored the Turtle Festival and took on a KWS Warden role.
8. 2024: vehicles for rangers and team training.
9. 2025: partnerships with Pwani University, Arabuko Sokoke and Oceans Alive.

Next: Research sea turtle nest temperatures with a Masters student from Pwani University. Identify threats to sea turtles in Kilifi County and plan how to protect them. Carry out a baseline study to support Oceans Alive.

1. The students, aged 14 to 19, come from low-income families; the June 2021 trip rewarded them for passing their exams.
2. They saw elephants, zebras, buffalo and a pride of lions, and met the conservancy rangers.
3. They toured the Wildlife Works headquarters and made elephant dung paper with a local women's group.
4. In April 2022 a second group of Grade 8 students went: safari drives, a hike up Marungu Hill, and a closing bonfire.
5. We made a photo book so the students can share their experience for years to come.
6. The trips show students the many careers in conservation — and help them "dream bigger".

Next: Continue offering a safari to Future Hope Montessori School's Grade 8 students.

1. A five-year-old Kenyan boy had a rare tumour over 20 cm across, affecting his sight. We covered his medical costs, with a further $5,000 from our partner Sarai Solutions.
2. His treatment began with an MRI in April 2021. After surgeries in September and October 2021, he is on the road to recovery.
3. We financially supported a medical clinic built by Project Orphans in rural Uganda — with exam rooms, delivery rooms, a pharmacy, an operating theatre, a ward and a laboratory.
4. In rural Uganda there is only one doctor for every 22,000 people.
5. We have sponsored Cura for the World, which builds clinics and brings food and clean water to remote communities.

Next: From 2022, healthcare is supported where there is a link to conservation.

1. Dindi Mbingi, born in the slums of Kawangware: we began funding his studies in 2018 — fees, accommodation and a laptop. He graduated in 2021.
2. 2019: we paid teachers' salaries at Future Hope Montessori School in Vipingo, through the Vipingo Village Fund.
3. Two student safaris gave Grade 8 pupils first-hand lessons in wildlife and conservation.
4. Since 2018 we have supported the Cultural Learning Foundation in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
5. In 2019 the Foundation renovated school buildings, ran English activities for young pupils, and gave warm clothes to families through its Hug Nong project.

Next: Open a community education centre covering marine and land conservation and sustainability. From 2022, education is supported where there is a link to conservation.

1. Kenya's coastal forests are one of the world's top 25 biodiversity hotspots — but are being lost to development and exotic planting.
2. November 2020: visited the Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery, which grows around 350 indigenous species, several of them threatened.
3. February 2021: set out a plan to turn the Vipingo garden into an indigenous garden — removing neem, frangipani and palms.
4. Became corporate members of the Friends of Arabuko Sokoke Forest, a community group protecting the forest.
5. Indigenous plants bring back wildlife, need little care and do not spread out of control.

Next: Reforest land secured in 2021 with indigenous trees. Build a greenhouse at the Kilifi property and give saplings to the community for reforestation. Train staff in indigenous species with the Kivukoni nursery. 2026: research and reforestation, as part of a five-year plan.

1. Partnerships with Pwani University, Arabuko Sokoke and Oceans Alive — our three key conservation partners.
2. Spending in 2025: $80,000.

1. Vehicles for rangers.
2. Team training.
3. Spending in 2024: $110,000.

1. Sponsored the Turtle Festival.
2. A KWS Warden role.
3. Spending in 2023: $70,000.

1. Twice-weekly beach clean-ups on Bofa Beach.
2. Website launch.
3. Spending in 2022: $95,000.

1. Since 2021: Dindi graduated, the young boy's operation was completed, two student safaris ran, and the Diani Sea Turtle Festival was sponsored.
2. From 2022, education and healthcare will only be supported where there is a conservation link.
3. Focus on sea turtle conservation and acquiring private land to protect habitats.
4. Plan a greenhouse for indigenous saplings at the Kilifi property, to give to the community for reforestation.
5. Add a donation button to the websites and set quarterly targets for the team.

Next: KM to draft the mission and vision, a two-year plan, and three projects or partners to work with.

1. Land secured: 5 land sites protected — 3 leases and 2 properties.
2. Surgeries funded for a young boy.
3. A safari for 20 students and teachers.
4. Spending in 2021: $210,000 — the highest year, when land was secured and surgeries were funded.

1. Food waste in landfill produces methane; composting it does not.
2. Compost improves soil, replaces chemical fertiliser and reduces rubbish collections.
3. It needs space, commitment and care — the right mix of "green" and "brown" waste, moisture and turning.
4. Meat, bones and dairy need other methods, such as a bokashi bin.
5. Weighing the waste would show how much is kept out of landfill.

Next: Choose a composter design and location. Add simple signage, a staff training guide and colour-coded bins. Use the compost on our properties and share it with local farmers.

1. The garden mixes native and non-native plants; the back is laid out like an "English" garden.
2. Frangipani, neem and palms are not native and offer little to wildlife — neem can also become invasive.
3. Indigenous plants attract wildlife, need little care and do not spread out of control.
4. Harmless exotics such as bougainvillea and moringa can stay, but new planting should be indigenous.

Next: Remove neem saplings weekly, small neem trees and all frangipani. Change the garden slowly, guided by the Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery. Train the gardener in indigenous species so he can help plan the garden.

1. Met a young boy needing surgery.
2. January: the board plans the move into conservation on the Kenyan coast.
3. November: a visit to the Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery and Oceans Alive.
4. Spending in 2020: $62,000.

1. The Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery grows around 350 indigenous species, several on the IUCN Red List.
2. Local concerns: rapid development, deforestation and non-native plants taking over.
3. Oceans Alive and KCW-CBO run a community-managed marine area — the first in the Western Indian Ocean.
4. Both are open to working with Valor to Virtue: staff training, trees for replanting and marine conservation.

Next: Explore reforestation, indigenous nurseries on our properties and sea turtle protection together.

1. Valor to Virtue has done charitable work in the USA and Kenya; the next step is conservation in Kenya.
2. Children remain a main focus, especially conservation education.
3. The coastal work centres on turtle conservation and replanting indigenous forest on private properties.
4. Urgent medical care for a young child, "Bonnie", is a top priority.

Next: Aim to secure 5–6 beach properties for turtle conservation. Build local partnerships, train staff and develop a strategic plan and budget.

1. Paid teacher salaries at Future Hope.
2. In Thailand, the Cultural Learning Foundation, which we support, renovated school buildings in Chiang Mai province and ran English activities for young pupils.
3. Spending in 2019: $48,000.

1. Began funding Dindi Mbingi's studies — his fees, accommodation, living expenses and a laptop.
2. Became a partner and financial supporter of the Cultural Learning Foundation in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the year it was founded.
3. Spending in 2018: $35,000.

1. Organisation set up with three focus areas: conservation, education and health.
2. Working mainly in Kilifi County, Kenya.
3. Spending in 2017: $20,000.