Stories

On the 18th June 2011 Lucy King, our Chief Operations Officer, was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in Zoology from the University of Oxford. Lucy’s thesis “The interaction between the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African honey...

Who is Wendy you ask? In the vast land of Samburu in Kenya, under the covers of acacia trees live so many families of elephants. Each elephant has been identified and named using very unique and distinct characteristics such as the patterning of the...

Its still harsh in Samburu, very hot and dry indeed, no signs of rains soon. It was very amazing to find people enjoying bathing with the camp’s hard and salty water like twice or thrice a day. The week started with day to day monitoring of...

Heyya Everyone!! My name is Nasrin Suleiman and I’m privileged to be interning at STE. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental management from Monash University in Malaysia some time back. My aim is to gain enough experience...

I arrived in Samburu on 28th September, 2011 at around 9.30 pm. I was very tired after a long journey from Nairobi. The following day, I was familiarizing with the environment at the research camp. It was cool with birds singing everywhere, the most...

Hello Everyone! I am Fraizer, very lucky and grateful to be considered for internship with Save The Elephants for the month of September 2011. I am a graduate with Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management from Moi University, Kenya. I...

I am settling into the rhythm of camp life. It is easy to wake with the sun in morning. Gone is my alarm clock. Gone also are mirrors, extra clothes, appointments, classes, and a whole lot of stress. How refreshing! Chai or breakfast in the morning...

These are just a few of the elephant families to whom I have had the pleasure of being introduced during my first days in Samburu. I arrived on July 24 to begin a three and a half week internship with Save the Elephants. I am entering my senior year...

With most of the Team in Voi for the Ivory Burn we thought that we were going to have a few very quiet days. Camp was pretty empty with only the interns and Jerenimo present. It turned out to be adventure packed. Our work on mammal censuses...

In the last week we have been working as part of the Education Team visiting schools in the Samburu area. We visited five schools in five days in a whirlwind tour. The main part of our trip was to show Standard 8 students the second part of The...