Northern Kenya is facing its worst drought in six decades leaving people, livestock and wildlife desperately competing for survival.

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Beads for Wildlife are available at our three zoos and online.



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Meet Josephine
The income from beadwork has helped Josephine pay for food, medicine, clothing and the education of her five children, who now attend the local school.

Josephine is one of 600 women who supply handcrafted beadwork for Zoos Victoria's Beads for Wildlife program.


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Did you know?

Income from beadwork helps Kenyan families rely less on livestock meaning more resources for wildlife.

There are only 2000 Grevys Zebra left in the world.

Beads tell a woman's marital status, age and number of children.

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