A REMOTE GEM IN THE HEART OF AFRICA
Mount Elgon is a remarkable transboundary landscape spanning Kenya and Uganda, rich in wildlife, forests, water and cultural heritage, and home to communities whose lives have been connected to the mountain for generations. It is also home to an extraordinary population of elephants, famous for venturing deep inside its caves to mine mineral-rich salts. The Mount Elgon Foundation works with local communities and conservation partners to protect this special landscape, finding practical ways for people and wildlife to coexist while preserving Mount Elgon’s natural and cultural heritage for generations to come.
We aim to fund projects that preserve Mount Elgon’s rich natural and cultural heritage that also support the people of Mount Elgon.
NEW RESEARCH
What Mount Elgon’s Elephants can teach us about animal self-medication
New research from Mount Elgon offers fascinating new clues about how its extraordinary cave-mining elephants may use particular plants when they are unwell.
Drawing on the knowledge and observations of Sabaot experts who have spent decades living and working alongside elephants, the study explores whether some of these behaviours could be a form of self-medication.
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