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VOLUNTEER SUPPORT IN KENYA SHIVANI BHALLA, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Samburu & Buffalo Springs Reserves in Northern Kenya -
Shivani Bhalla, a wildlife biologist, is completing her PhD at the University of Oxford. Shivani's PhD field project is Ewaso Lions in Samburu, which can be viewed at the project website: ewasolions.org.
On behalf of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), she was significantly involved in the CITES conference in Nairobi in 2000. The conference dealt with major worldwide conservation issues.In December 2002, Shivani moved to Samburu, where she earned a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. The focus of her Masters' research was lion population size, structure and movements in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves. Shivani has been Education Officer for a world-renowned conservation organization. She works with schools and students in the area to establish and maintain environmental and wildlife conservation programs. She attained continuing rapport and recognition from the local community. Shivani has considerable field experience, particularly in the area of her PhD studies, which she began in 2007. She continues the vital research in the lion study started in 2003. Shivani is a Bronze level guide with the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association. WILSON NANKUNINI LOLPAPIT 
Maasai Mara in Southern Kenya - Wilson Nankunini Lolpapit, naturalist and Silver Level Guide from the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association, comes from the Loita Hills, at the edge of the Mara ecosystem.He worked his way up through the ranks at the safari camps as a dishwasher, waiter, bar manager, then naturalist, assistant guide, professional guide, then top guide with the coveted Silver KPSGA award so few people in Kenya can claim. He is one of the top guides at Saruni Camp in the Mara that works so well with his local Maasai tribe. Wilson has a diverse and extraordinary background. Humble as only some successful people can be, very keen to be with people but without overshadowing them, Wilson is a real gem. After many years at Governor's Camp, he joined Saruni in 2007 and continues to be one of the most sought-after guides in the Mara. Always calm and in control, an excellent driver even in the "black cotton" (black mud) areas of the Mara, he is a master at educating in an entertaining and intelligent way. His ultimate goal is to start a Travel Agency, Maasai Links Adventures, with a portion of income dedicated to scholarships for bright children of poor families. |
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