SYMBIOS - A Horizon Initiative Micro Community - Kenya, Africa

SYMBIOS is our initial flagship Micro Community located in Kenya, Africa.

SYMBIOS - What's in a Name? The Ox Pecker and the Cape Buffalo...

The cape buffalo is one of Africa's largest and most fearsome animals. Even lions cannot harm an adult. Yet this beast cannot survive without a little bird called the oxpecker. This small bird removes blood sucking ticks from the ears and nose of the buffalo which is its source of food. The bird also provides an alarm system for the herd as it makes a loud hissing noise when a predator approaches. The two species live in a symbiotic relationship.

Like the buffalo and bird, the wealthy and the poor, both have something the other needs and life happens when both are brought together. SYM - together and BIOS - life. Join me in finding life and giving life...it's not always where you think it is.

- Jim Pesce, Founder and Director, SYMBIOS--Kenya, Africa