LAKE EYASI – WE’RE TAKING THE TRAINING TO THEM – PART II
5:15 am my alarm rudely wakes me. We pack a few things and meet up with Momoya. He is taking us to the Hadzabe for a hunt. We drive deeper into the bush now feeling, incredibly, even more remote. After
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GLACIER TRAININGS COMING SOON!
We’ve teamed up with the Great Northern Glacier River School to provide a number of courses this June. The Glacier River School is widely known for providing some of the top instruction in technical whitewater rescue. Their dedication to training
ANOTHER GREAT LEAVE NO TRACE COURSE
We held another successful LNT course in Olasiti led by SOI Instructor and LNT Master Shikuku Ooko and TNC Africa Conservation Coordinator Alphonse Mallya. As usual this course was free for all students who were beginning the WFR the following
LAKE EYASI – WE’RE TAKING THE TRAINING TO THEM – PART I
Last year we had the incredible opportunity to put on a benefit course in Arusha for Hadza, Datoga and Maasai guides. Our goal was to help them become the primary ambassadors to their own cultures, to improve their skills as
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MKURU REVISITED: An interview with Shikuku Ooko – SOI East Africa Director
Where were you teaching? “I taught in Mkuru, a remote village west of Mt. Kilimanjaro.” Can you describe the landscape both in terms of the ecosystem and habitation? “Mkuru sits in the foothills of Mt. Meru’s eastern slopes between it
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