This quarter, we celebrate the achievement of one of our very own Conservation Leadership Program scholarship beneficiaries.
Evalyn Sintoya
Written by Gloria Kosgey
This past school semester at Africa Nazarene University, all 3rd-year students were required to secure an attachment as part of the curriculum.
Our featured beneficiary shares about her on-the-ground experience as an undergraduate Natural Resource Management student at Naboisho Camp, Asilia Africa.
Evalyn recalls many opportunities for improvement of the management of wildlife conservation efforts with a key focus on young girls and women.
“Educating and empowering girls is critical to ensuring we create a sustainable future for all.”
The Natural Resource Management degree she continues to pursue is creating a foundation for sound reflection on wildlife works and good communication on conservation efforts; that she used while interacting with guests at the camp. Catherine, a guest at the camp, was interested to know how exactly the conservancies work and Evalyn was able to articulate very well conservancy formation, management, and benefits accrued by the community.
“Seeing the change in perceptions of the local communities on wildlife protection using conservancies is really satisfying. Not only are they willingly giving out their land for leasing but they are benefiting from tourism which is attracted by the increasing numbers of wildlife thanks to the conservancies in Masai Mara. These moments of learning and development from my attachment are preparing me for relatable classroom reading and giving me a method of helping my community better conserve the environment and its wildlife using better conservation models. I am very thankful to Kenya Wildlife Trust for supporting my dreams.”
We love hearing from our scholarship beneficiaries! Especially when what they are reading and what they are doing is a source of fulfillment.
An actualization of KWT’s goal of recognizing, encouraging, and promoting leadership among future wildlife conservation and management professionals through supporting their wildlife and conservation-based education.
Well done Evalyn.👏🏾
