The Wonderment

Tebogo

Okavango Delta

I was born and raised in the wilderness of the Okavango Delta, in Botswana, until I was 12. Living in Nature with my family was the best. The wilderness is my home. I understand life and life understands me when I am in the wild. Nature is in my heart and guides my life.

I was born and raised in the wilderness of the Okavango Delta, in Botswana, until I was 12. Living in Nature with my family was the best. The wilderness is my home. I understand life and life understands me when I am in the wild. Nature is in my heart and guides my life.

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My Strength of Being Part of Nature

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My Connection to the Wild

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From conflict to cooperation

One day when I was checking on our pasted mowanas, I discovered one had had wire mesh wrapped all around it. I drove 500km on rocky and rutted roads to meet with the leader of...

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Organic expansion of support

(From my friend and Wonderment collaborator Cathy who has been helping connect our work with support): "When people hear Tebogo's story they are moved to participate. Funds fr...

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Storytelling collaboration opportunity

(From my friend and Wonderment collaborator Cathy who has been sharing news of our work): "My friend Tara, who works for The Wilderness Project, responded to the most recent u...

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Collective Collaboration

(From my friend and Wonderment collaborator Cathy who has been supporting and sharing my work): "I received a note from my friend, Lebo, after she read the April CRREAL monthl...

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Possible mentoring opportunity

I saw a televised report of an Elephant Conservation Panel event that occurred in Botswana. I recognized Dr. Keoikantse Sianga PhD, a panel member, as a former classmate from ...

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Word is travelling as more mowanas are pasted

As of July 2024, our small group here at Mowana Rehabilitation Project have pasted 26 trees with the concoction. 18 of these were severely damaged and are being followed up on...

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Human connection inspired by the bees

I didn't know what to do to support the bees well-being better. At first I wondered if the wild honeybees should be captured and put in managed hives so they could be moved. I...

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Human conflict with bees

More than a year ago, when I was still managing the safari camp, a professional beekeeper was brought in to help with a bee "problem" at the camp. Wild Honey bees were nesting...

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Encounter with a male leopard

It was a moment of thinking twice when this big male leopard walked past me.......a time where I couldn't believe the rule of stand still, pay respect to the animal, move away...

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Rediscovering Roots in the Okavango: red mites

These Red Velvet Mites or Rain Bugs are fascinating beings. They mainly live under the ground and feed on ants and termites. Early in life they have 6 legs (like an insect) bu...

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Kids’ enthusiasm for learning from Tebogo

Tebogo's rapport with the staff and kids is inspiring and their enthusiasm for learning to support and protect the wilderness around them runs deep.

Emerging work with Gonotsoga Primary School

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

Conservation Tourism Development

To become a self sustaining long term conservation program, The Mowana Rehabilitation Project wants to establish an eco conservation safari component. This Conservation Touris...

Challenges keeping up with conservation education interest

The desire to participate in the program has grown enthusiastically and organically but sometimes finding the resources to help everyone participate can be challenging.

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Transition of my education work

Short leave periods from my safari camp management work allowed me to test and prove the effectiveness of my pilot Mowana conservation plan. But this part time approach was in...

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School kids saving mowanas

Kids are eager to spend time in the bush surrounding the cattle post, learning of this safe ecological way to support their Mowana trees and the Elephants. They are seeing, fi...

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Engaging Rural School Kids

When children grow up understanding their ecosystem and knowing that they are Nature, their choices will reflect their sense of the interconnectedness of all beings and all li...

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My Conservation Education Experiences

I have worked throughout my life to connect people with the knowledge of nature. This is a gathering of my work and insights from bringing this learning into the schools in my...

Building the Mowana Rehabilitation Program

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 s...