Save The Frogs Day 2027 — Taita Hills, Kenya

Naturehub Collective Community Organisation will host the 19th Annual Save The Frogs Day on April 28th, 2027, in Wundanyi and across both Dawida and Mbololo forest blocks in Kenya's Taita Hills, focused on protecting the Critically Endangered Taita Hills Warty Frog (Callulina dawida), a species surviving in only 4.3 km² of severely fragmented cloud forest.

Building on the success of Kenya's largest Save The Frogs Day 2026 event (150 participants, 500 trees planted, 30 citizen scientists trained), we will scale our proven community-led model to engage 250+ participants across both remaining forest fragments for the first time.

What happens

The seven-hour event (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM) includes:

• educational presentations in Swahili and Taita language on the warty frog's Critically Endangered status and unique direct-development reproduction;
• guided forest walks to active breeding sites;
• planting of 1,000 indigenous trees (Ocotea usambarensis, Podocarpus latifolius, Syzygium guineense);
• citizen science training in Visual Encounter Surveys and habitat assessment protocols;
• new community monitoring groups in the Mbololo forest block.

The 45 citizen scientists trained during our 2026 programs will mentor new participants. Students from Wundanyi Primary School, Mbololo Secondary School and Werugha Girls High School return as junior conservation ambassadors alongside new youth participants.

Good to know

• Free and open to community members, students, traditional elders and conservation practitioners.
• Collaborating organizations: Kenya Wildlife Service and National Museums of Kenya.
• Contact: Fredrick Kioko Kilonzo, kioko@naturehubcollective.org

This event is organized with support from SAVE THE FROGS! and builds on ongoing Taita Hills amphibian conservation supported by the SAVE THE FROGS! Amphibian Conservation Award and the Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund.

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