Embed

Elephant Boom COVID Gloom

How Kenya’s economy survived lockdown

During the lockdown, Kenya’s Amboseli National Park saw an unprecedented elephant baby boom - 206 calves were born in one year. But, while elephant families enjoyed the clean environment and tourist-free pastures, the park employees weren’t so happy. Tourism, one of Kenya’s major industries, was seriously crippled by the COVID pandemic. Though only 0.3% of Kenyans had COVID, the infection scare seriously damaged the quality of life because Kenya’s population is very young, with an average age of 20. People were scared of touching and contracting the virus, which made the lives of vulnerable groups like pregnant women even harder.

Will Kenya find a way back to normality?

Follow stories the mainstream media ignores: Follow RTD's Twitter

WATCH FILM
Please rate this film

5.50(2 users)

Duration

1:14

Tags

don't miss

26:33
Travel and Adventure 05 June 2015 00:00

Maasai: From Sand to Snow. Kenyan tribesmen visit Moscow

26:33
Society 26 April 2017 00:00

Granny Fight Club. Africa’s rape victims are learning to fight back

26:33
Society 12 February 2016 00:00

SOS: Sold Out Slaves. Kenya's growing child prostitution crisis

26:33
Society 02 November 2015 00:00

Migingo: The Iron-clad Island. The most densely populated island in Africa

26:33
Lifestyle 21 March 2022 12:15

Kenya Sexploited. Kenyan boys forced into prostitution

26:33
Health 07 January 2015 00:00

Ebola Warriors. Red Cross workers in Liberia battling the deadly disease

26:33
Health 08 April 2020 14:28

Mass Isolation. Coping with the unprecedented challenge of self-isolation

26:33
Health 02 May 2020 20:31

Ghost Town Delivery. Fighting the virus – one pizza at a time

26:33
Health 22 May 2020 00:23

Unlocking Lockdown. The homeless, tourism workers and zoo animals missing those who feed them

26:33
Health 01 July 2020 00:48

O-High-O: the Road to Addiction, and Back. America's deadly drug epidemic according to recovering addicts

26:33
Health 10 July 2020 19:05

Till Death Do Us Part. The sacrifice and loss, in stories told by family members of the COVID-19 doctors who died in Russia, Italy, the USA and Indonesia.

26:33
Health 21 August 2020 20:00

COVID vs the USA. From NYC to Florida, who is suffering from coronavirus and why?

26:33
Health 04 November 2020 20:00

Vaccinauts. They say how they feel after taking the Russian COVID vaccine

26:33
Health 02 September 2021 17:00

Pandemic Odyssey. Surviving lockdown in the middle of the Pacific

26:33
Health 08 April 2020 22:08

COVID-19 by Anton Krasovsky. The epidemic that caught the world off guard explained

26:33
Health 17 April 2020 23:26

Kommunarka: Frontline Chronicles. Moscow's medical centre during the COVID-19 pandemic

26:33
Health 17 April 2017 00:00

Overpill. The darker side of America’s mental health

26:33
Emergencies and Disasters 24 February 2017 00:00

Isaac. The Story of a Little Giant. Meet the landmine-detecting super rat!

26:33
Investigation 29 September 2014 00:00

Fishing Wars. Fierce competition, tightening laws and piracy in the rich fishing grounds off Western Africa

26:33
Politics 27 January 2023 12:00

Battle for Africa. Africa becomes world's new centre of attraction

VIEWER’S CHOICE: 1,000,000 VIEWS AND MORE

VIEW ALL