On the World
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2025
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Film
Meet the Gully Mamas
360° Community-Led Change: Stories of community-led action from the Kenya rangelands.
Across the world, Indigenous women are driving holistic solutions for their communities. This includes a group locally known as the Gully Mamas. These Samburu women are taking the charge towards building a Thriving Future – one where their children’s education, their livelihoods, and their environment can flourish together.
This 5-minute film from Legado shares their story. Shot by Tanzanian videographer Roshni Lodhia, this film showcases women leading a new era of 360° Community-Led Change in Northern Kenya.
Produced by Legado
Videography: Roshni Lodhia (Tanzania)
Drone Footage: TMJAY Photography (Kenya)
Extra Footage: Andrew Lenanyokie (Kenya) and Walter Lenolngenje (Kenya)
Editing: Jim Kuria (Kenya)
Sound Design: Kelvin Kinyanjui (Kenya)
Music: Nick Razil (Kenya) and Komora Ayub (Kenya)
Narration by: Salma Lekoomet (Kenya)
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
The Samburu People
of the Matthews Range
Thriving Futures. Thriving Planet.
Thriving Futures is the methodology behind Legado: a 360-Thriving approach that helps communities define their own priorities and turn them into lasting, institutionally-backed action. Proven across three continents and a decade of testing.
A plan communities didn't write is a plan they won't carry. With Thriving Futures, communities define their own future — and gives those walking alongside them a clear way to support that journey without taking it over. Thriving Futures doesn't stop at a diagnosis or a plan — it closes the loop: 90% of community priorities are taken up by local government or institutions, and 97% secure follow-on funding. Rooted in place, culture, and community. Realized through institutions, funding, and results that last.
Because justice and effectiveness are inseparable.
