Small mountain streams are at threat throughout Africa - but locally led conservation initiatives can halt or even reverse this trend. We work directly with local stakeholders, whose local knowledge and keen interest in these habitats is a key to successful conservation work.

Live Streams Charitable Trust started in 2023 (with an initial financial contribution from its founder) to provide small grants to conserve mountain stream habitats and support communities. In 2023, we granted £1500 to Amani Friends of Nature, a non-government organisation in Tanzania, to help conserve an IUCN red-listed species in the East Usambara Mountains (see https://livestreamstrust.org/news/protecting-the-amani-flatwing/). We also granted $1,500 to the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to support its work in conserving biodiversity in the Bua River system in Malawi (https://livestreamstrust.org/news/conserving-biodiversity-in-the/). We now seek to raise funds to provide more such small grants in 2024. Please help us achieve our goal!