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Walking the Distance for a Thriving FutureBy Claire PoelkingClaire Poelking is a Senior Program Officer at MacArthur Foundation. She joined Legado for a three-month sabbatical in 2025, bringing her deep experience at the intersection of environmental conservation and local livelihoods. Her time included a trip to Ngilai, Northern Kenya, to see Thriving Futures in action.I’m in Ngilai, Northern Kenya. The … Read More

2025 Top 10 Legado Moments2025 was a year when 360° Community-Led Change mattered more than ever. And for Legado and our partners, that made the call for Thriving Futures even stronger. As a result, in 2025, we deepened our relationships with current partners and laid the foundation to expand our partnerships in the year to come. Most importantly, in a … Read More

What’s in a Legacy Plan? Saniriato’s latest achievements will set the stage for their Thriving Future In Saniriato, Peru, Legado’s first partnership in Latin America, the community celebrated the completion of their Intercultural Community Legacy Plan in early 2025. Local residents gathered as a community alongside regional authorities to celebrate. This included women, men, young people, children, and elders, all … Read More

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“Because it’s ours” In November 2024, Legado’s Executive Vice President, Liz Corbishley, traveled to Northern Kenya to discover how Thriving Futures enables powerful change—built by communities themselves Liz visited the Nkishon Supat e Ngilai project in Ngilai, Northern Kenya, from her home in Nairobi. In Ngilai, Samburu pastoralists steward critical rangelands while working to improve their community well-being. Liz shared … Read More

Celebrating 360° Community-Led Change in Peru In 2024, Legado received funding from Planet Women in support of Futuros Vivos: Megantoni-Machiguenga, our collaboration with the Indigenous and local communities stewarding Megantoni National Sanctuary and Machiguenga Communal Reserve in Peru. Check out the three-minute clip to the right, shared by Planet Women from their Fall webinar event featuring Legado, to learn more … Read More

Start one woman on her Legacy Journey today Meet Naomi—one of the women leading enduring change in her community This Fall, Legado is asking friends and donors to launch one woman on her Legacy Journey to lead powerful, enduring change in her community—a woman like Naomi. $250 is all it takes. Naomi Paranai grew up in the Nyekweri ecosystem, patches … Read More

Supporting the integral relationship between pastoralists and rangelands A young boy walks where the Nyekweri forest meets the Maasai Mara rangelands, home to iconic wildlife such as the giraffe | Roshni Lodhia/Legado/TPPIndigenous Peoples still steward many of the world’s most biodiverse landscapes. This relationship between land and people has created an intimate knowledge of the environment—knowledge that is key to … Read More