WE Member Role: 2023 FELLOWS

Patience Apassnaba

Patience Apassnaba ‘s interest in environmental issues sparked while attending forestry school in Ghana. After graduation, she worked with the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission in Ghana for 23…
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Beatrice Karanja

Beatrice is a conservation philanthropist and a communications specialist. As a child of Africa with roots in Kenya and Uganda, Beatrice has a strong and unyielding passion for African development…
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Thandiwe Mweetwa

Thandiwe Mweetwa is a wildlife biologist in Eastern Zambia with the Zambian Carnivore Programme (ZCP). She coordinates the organization’s research, conservation, and outreach activities in South Luangwa National Park (SLNP)…
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Nusirat Sadiku

Nusirat Sadiku is a forester specializing in wood science and technology. She is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Ilorin’s Department of Forest Resources Management in Nigeria. She…
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Jamila Bargach

Jamila Bargach is the co-founder and Executive Director of Dar Si Hmad, a Moroccan NGO  since 2010. Dar Si Hmad’s fog harvesting project is the world’s largest fog collection and…
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Dr Shivani Bhalla

Born and raised in Kenya, Shivani believes the key to lion conservation is working in partnership with local communities. She founded Ewaso Lions in 2007 to promote coexistence between carnivores…
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Rokhaya Dieye

Rokhaya is a resourceful organizational and business development manager with over ten years of international experience. She has excellent project management skills, including the exploration of human potential and the…
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Lessah Mandoloma

Born and raised in Malawi, Lessah is a DPhil student in Biology at University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in the field of Biodiversity Conservation and Agriculture, particularly to…
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Dr. Irene Amoke

Dr. Irene Amoke is currently the Executive Director at Kenya Wildlife Trust. She’s a landscape ecologist with over fifteen years of experience in field ecology, GIS, and project  management. Irene…
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Helvecia Embola

With 16 years of experience in development, Helvecia Embola is the Coordinator of World Economic Skills and Development (WESAD), a Cameroonian based NGO. She is also the leader of Women…
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