A sample of recent comments made by local people after visiting Ruaha National Park with our program- these always inspire us!
“I liked seeing different animals, because before I just saw in pictures and videos, but then I saw through my eyes. I will now be sad when people kill animals.” ~ Marko
“By visiting the park I can see that the main problem is people disturbing animals, not the other way around.” ~ Elia
“I feel good (about protecting wild animals) because they have the same blood we have. They have the right to live.” ~ Jenni
“I thank you for taking me to the park, and I will now be like a park ranger because I won’t keep quiet when I see poachers.” ~ Joshua
“(A disadvantage to living near wild animals is) elephants eating our crops, but the advantage is greater than the disadvantage of having wild animals.” ~ Ramadhan
“Elephants (are my favorite animal), because after we learned about them… elephants are smarter than people.” ~ Luka
“I thought that Ruaha National Park was only for park rangers. Now I think it is for all people of Tanzania.” ~ Luka
“It will be good to send all villagers to the park, because if everyone goes, then no one will poach.” ~ Marko
