ADVISORS & COLLABORATORS

> Stanley's Managers

John, Pamela, Mel, Patrick, Warren and Justice are managers of Stanley's camp, Sanctuary Lodges. During the Elephant Outreach Program, the kids have the opportunity to visit this luxurious ecotourism camp. Thanks to the managers, the children learn a lot about the career opportunities they have in Tourism and the value of the wildlife of the country in its economy. Warren, Concession Manager of the area also helped LWE on the Human Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project.

> Anton Post (from 2007), Brian Gardiner (2003-2007) & Olivier Souchon (2001-2003)

Anton, Brian and Olivier are or werer operations directors of Sanctuary Lodges in Botswana and represent the company in the country. Since the beginning of LWE they have been supportive of LWE's projects facilitating their implementation. We are always working towards an increased collaboration.

> Andrea McDonald

Andrea was the volunteering for the EOP from November 2007 to April 2008. This energetic hug-loving Canadian is gifted with enthusiasm for environmental education. She has taught kids all over the world : Canada, Egypt, the Emirates, Tanzania, China, Singapore and now Botswana. She was a really a great addition to our team and did exceptionnaly well running the program in 2007-2008. Andrea helped us a lot in writting the coordinator's manuel for the Elephant Outreach Program.

> Melissa Fleischaker, Casey Ringham & Sophie Harley

Mel & Casey, both from Canada, joined us from November 2005 to April 2006. They worked with Mike, Doug, Sandi and Julien to run the Elephant Outreach Programme. They did a marvellous job, running the programme perfectly and making relevant suggestions to improve it. In January, during their time-off they travelled all the way from Botswana to Tanzania across Zimbawbe, Zambia and Malawi! They said they loved the entire experience and invite new volunteers to join! In the pictures they are with the elephant trio (above) and (below) with Lilian, coordinator of the Bana Letsatsi foundation for unprivileged children. Sophie followed her from November 2006 till April 2007. She did as great as Mel & Casey. She enjoyed so much her time in Maun that she did not leave after she finished her volunteering. She started working for a Maun Based mobile safari operation.

> Julien Marchais

Advisor and former Program Co-ordinator

Julien earned in 2000 his MSc. in animal ecology and wildlife conservation from the University of Paris VI, France. In 2001, Julien joined the Living Elephants herd as a volunteer. He helped organize and run the Elephant Outreach Program (EOP) since inception in May 2001 till 2008 and coordinated the Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation project (HECMP). His objective is to work for both the conservation of wild mammals and the development of rural populations, the two issues being linked.

> Luke (Louis) Motlaleselelo & Matshwenyego (Mike) Mpoutshang

Education coordinator & Research Field Assistant (2002-2006)

Louis was the greatest education coordinator from 2002 to 2004 when he decided to go back to his studies for further career . Louis is from Dithsipi village in the Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust. He is a wildlife guide and stands in the Village Trust Committee of his village as Chairman. In the future he is likely to play an important role in his own community. With us he was a very good colleague, gifted to work with children. He was also field assistant for the Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project. When Louis went back to his studies, he was replaced by his cousin Mike who worked with us from 2004 to 2006. His ambition is to become a professional guide and he ison his way working in the safari industry.

> Stefan Grobler

Legal Advisor (2000-2006)

Stefan studied law at PotchefstGroom University and was admitted to the South African and Botswana bars in 1996. Thereafter, he practiced law in Botswana specializing in the wildlife, conservation and tourism industries. In 1997, Stefan opened a branch office in Maun ~ the wildlife and tourism hub of Botswana. Stefan has since registered a new company specializing in property and commercial project development. He applied his vast legal expertise and wildlife enthusiasm at an advisory level for the Living With Elephants Foundation. He is now based in South Africa.

> Caroline Kleynhans

Caroline works for Sanctuary Lodges and is simply the most organised person on Earth! Caroline has helped LWE so many times and in so many different situations (logisitic, communication, organisation...) that it is pointless to even start to enumerate! Caroline is always helpful and generous.

> Trevor Carnaby

Trevor works for Sanctuary Lodges as a guide. He is vey talented in his profession and is an expert in southern african wildlife, from insect to elephants. He is also an excellent photographer and some of the pictures on this website are his. As Caroline, Trevor has helped LWE in so many ways that it would be too long to explain.

> Fanny Bucchiotty-Parison

Web Designer (2004-2006s)

Fanny came to Living With Elephants Foundation field camp in 2004 to help setting up this new website. She did not put the website together on her own but taught the LWE team how to design a website. Her students are not as talented as she is, this is why the present website can not really compete with Fanny's beautiful creations. As a talented webdesigner and artist, Fanny has already designed several websites about wildlife conservation. She lives in France near Paris with her family.

> Letsayang Sasaya

Research Field Assistant (2004)

Letse is from Ditshipi village and was involved in the Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project as research assistant. Along with Thaamanao he conducted interviews about Human-Elephant conflict in his village.

> Thaamanao Oxho

Research Field Assistant (2004)

Thaamanao is from Ditshipi village and was involved in the Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project as research assistant. Along with letse he conducted interviews about Human-Elephant conflict in his village.

> Rémy Ledauphin

MSc Student in ecology (2004)

Rémy joined us on the Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project during a training period for his master degree. Rémy brought his knowlodge in GIS and was an excellent team member. His field experience in other african countries brought also very interesting input into the project.

> Sue Hamel

Sue is from Canada and joined us in 2002 while doing her MSc thesis in Environmental Education. Sue designed the educational content of the Elephant Outreach Program and trained Louis. She did an excellent job in creating a balanced educational program for the kids. Today Sue is back to Canada where she lives with her Husband Rob and her baby born in 2004.

> Merafe Amos

Merafe Amos (Nation) was selected as Headman of his Basarwa village - Khwai. Being only 28, this is truly an incredible honor. Nation worked with us on our first project, Project Explore, acting as a liaison and translator in the participant villages throughout Botswana. Nation's deep knowledge and respect of his country and people contributed to the success of the kgotla (village) meetings and eventual research outcomes. Prior to becoming Headman, Nation was an active member on the executive board of the Khwai Development Trust. He has tremendous leadership skills in the field of community research and wildlife conservation.

> Charles Motshubi

Charles Motshubi, CBNRM advisor- He received his B.A in Economics from the University of Botswana, his M.Sc from the University of Kent in the UK and a Diploma in Tourism & Travel Agency Management from Cambridge Tutorial College in the U.K. He has 10 years experience in conservation based community development, 8 years working for the Government of Botswana and the remainder in the Non-Government Sector. He was part of a team funded by USAID, Natural Resource Management Project (NRMP), who initiated the establishment of community based natural resource management projects in Botswana. He has assisted several community-based organisations’ (CBOs) in the development of NRMP programmes in Botswana. This involved liasing between local communities, NGO’s and the private sector. He has experience mediating in conflict situations between wildlife and people and managed a fund responsible for compensating people for damages suffered. He is currently an advisor to an association of CBOs, (BOCOBONET) and Cgaecgae Tlhabololo Trust (a local CBO) in Western Nagamiland on the development and implementation of natural resource management projects

> Bets Rasmunsen

Dr. L. E. L. (Bets) Rasmussen is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Oregon Graduate Institute for Science & Technology who has specialized in the study of chemical communication among elephants for the past 20 years. Her research has focused on identifying the pheromones emitted by estrous female elephants and the chemical signals from male elephants during musth. As demonstrated in her 30-plus publications, chemical signals appear to be one of the important glues of elephant society; the long range goal of this research is to utilize these results in the conservation of wild elephants.

> Innocent Magole

Innocent L. Magole, former Country Director (CI) - earned his B.Sc. in Biology and Environmental Science from the University of Botswana. M.Sc in Wildlife Management from Reading University, UK. He worked as Wildlife Officer and later, Senior Wildlife officer for Botswana’s Department of Wild Life and National Parks. He was instrumental in negotiating, drafting and implementing management plans for numerous Botswana Parks and Game Reserves. As Executive Director of the Forestry Association of Botswana, he helped set up Community Based Woodland Management Sites. He has been involved in designing conflict resolution strategies between livestock and lions and between people and elephants. He is currently Country Director for Conservation International’s Okavango Program in Botswana. The organization focuses on the conservation of the Okavango Ecosystem and conducts Community Based Natural Resource Management Projects empowering communities in the management of their natural resources.

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