The first school that he went to was Kangaita primary school in Nyeri and then went on to Kagunmo High School. He received a Bsc degree in Natural resources management in 1998. In 2003 he was married and now has a baby girl. James joined the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in 2000 where he became head of one of our first de-snaring teams; Mtito team. Under James’ leadership, the Mtito team has managed to collect over 10,000 snares, rescued 20 animals still alive but caught in snares and arrested 17 poachers. Aside from the de-snaring James is very involved in the communities that border the park, each month he visits several schools, organises sporting events and wildlife talks and often takes schools into Tsavo national park for the day. James passion lies with wildlife and sport. Having qualified to participate in the National athletic trials in 1998 and 1999 at Kasarani Nairobi he narrowly missed out on becoming a part of the Kenya Olympic team in Sydney 2000. With his involvement in the communities, James has the opportunity to get people involved in sport and by doing so, gaining their trust and support.

Patrick was born on the 22nd of July 1973 and is married with children. He started his education at Wee primary school in Makueni, the area he was born and ended at Egerton University with a BSC in Natural resources management. His interest in life is and always has been wildlife and he has been involved in numerous wildlife conservation programs in Kenya. Having been involved with wildlife from an early age he understands the need to involve the community and so he hopes to be involved in the support of the communities living on the periphery of park boundaries through campaigns and sensitization programmes. Patrick has been with The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust since the De-snaring teams were started, often being second in command. However through a shocking report submitted to us in the middle of 2003 about the Ziwani area in Tsavo West National Park, with funding from WSPA we have been able to create a new team, of which Patrick is now the leader.