The mowana (baobab) trees throughout Botswana are struggling to survive and thrive because of human impact on elephant migration leading to overfeeding on these generous but sensitive trees. This species is essential to the ecosystem and needs to be protected while respecting and honoring the elephants.

This project brings together an organic solution created through research, indigenous practices and ancestral knowledge and an education program that I’ve spent years developing for local schools. By training local young people to be able to use this approach to protect mowana trees, we will not only help the trees and elephants thrive better together but also plant the seeds for a new generation of local conservationists.

To become self-sustaining in our conservation and education program we want to share what we are doing and learning with a broader population through conservation tourism. We want to offer an authentic, local conservation safari experience rooted in our traditional ways and understanding.

Tebogo has been working with the Headmistress at Gonotsoga Primary School to develop an environmental science and conservation education program for the students.

To become a self sustaining long term conservation program, The Mowana Rehabilitation Project wants to establish an eco conservation safari component. This Conservation Tourism element will offer an authentic indigenously run and guided safari opportunity in the Okavango Delta that includes seeing the Mowana Rehabilitation Project in action.