{"id":54267,"date":"2022-06-29T09:24:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T23:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=54267"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:28:56","slug":"kenya-wildlife-conservation-thin-green-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/kenya-wildlife-conservation-thin-green-line\/","title":{"rendered":"The mission to get more women on the frontline of wildlife conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The world of wildlife protection in Kenya has long been dominated by men, who risk life and limb for our endangered species. But thanks to an innovative project, that could all be about to change.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/adventure.com\/women-rangers-kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adventure.com<\/a>. It was published before the COVID-19 pandemic, and may not reflect the situation on the ground. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be a ranger on the frontlines of wildlife conservation is arguably one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. And yet in the heartlands of Kenya, there are a hardy handful of women lacing their boots and standing up for wildlife every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne Maloi is one of those women. The 26-year-old radio operator grew up in the Eselenkei Conservation Area, a parcel of Maasai land at the foot of mighty Kilimanjaro, and has been a ranger with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biglife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Life Foundation<\/a>\u2014a Kenya-based organisation that partners with local communities to protect local land and wildlife\u2014for almost a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day we speak, I can hear a baby crying nearby. Anne tells me it\u2019s her five-day-old daughter, Alanna. She shares that she\u2019s a single mum and she chose the name Alanna because it means \u2018Precious\u2019 in her local language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-4-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The way Anne sees it, precious things should be protected \u2013 and that\u2019s a maxim she lives by. On any given day, Big Life rangers like Anne help coordinate and facilitate the treatment of injured elephants; watch over the weather-beaten, ageing rhinos; stop the watering holes from being poisoned; and arrest the poachers who come bearing snares and spears. &nbsp;Anne may be softly spoken, but you pity the fool who underestimates her resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne\u2019s life has changed dramatically in the last 12 months. This time last year, she was working as a receptionist at a local hotel. It was a steady job, but it wasn\u2019t her passion. You see, Anne\u2019s late father was a conservationist, and he nurtured her love for the natural world from a very early age. \u201cHe used to tell me that these animals, our Big Five, are the backbone of Kenya,\u201d she reminisces. \u201cThey are not only beautiful animals but they\u2019re also our main income generator. They provide jobs and bring travellers \u2026 we need to protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI love my job, but the hard part is dealing with the male rangers looking down on us. They either say we do nothing, or we do everything wrong, which is not true.\u201d<\/p><cite>Anne Maloi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When the chance arose for her to become a ranger, Anne seized it. Supported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintrepidfoundation.org\/the-thin-green-line-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Thin Green Line Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;(TGLF), Big Life provides rangers with the vital support&nbsp;they need to be effective, such as a living wage and proper working conditions. While TGLF works with rangers and on-the-ground organisations worldwide, in 2018 it teamed up with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theintrepidfoundation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Intrepid Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;in Kenya to empower and encourage more women like Anne to become rangers. The initiative, funded by donations to The Intrepid Foundation from everyday travellers,  aims to increase the number of female rangers working in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-5-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig Millar, head of security and field operations for Big Life, believes the female training project will help change the status quo. \u201cIn this part of Kenya, equality of the sexes is far behind most of the world,\u201d he says. \u201cIt has only been the past few years where female rangers have even been a possibility. Being properly employed gives women more freedom and control over their lives. Then you add in the fact that they\u2019re a ranger, in charge of enforcing rules and laws, and it\u2019s a huge step forwards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even Craig admits that it takes a strong woman to brave the post. When imagining the hardest part of a ranger\u2019s job, many of us would assume it\u2019s confronting volatile poachers or having to see an animal slaughtered. For Anne, as tough as these things are, they\u2019re not the toughest part of her day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne\u2019s biggest challenge is a hurdle that women all over the globe are battling: working in a man\u2019s world.&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<\/strong>I love my job, but the hard part is dealing with the male rangers looking down on us,\u201d she says. \u201cThey either say we do nothing, or we do everything wrong, which is not true. We are struggling as women; we need to show the men that we can not only do the job but that we can beat them at it too\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of all of this, Anne and her female colleagues are out there, day in and day out, protecting what\u2019s important, often at great personal risk. And they\u2019re good at it. \u201cAnne was an obvious choice for the radio operator position,\u201d says Craig. \u201cIn training, she performed excellently and immediately struck a chord with the panel with her confidence and clear communication. Having female rangers, like Anne, also means the community is much more comfortable reporting any issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt\u2019s not written anywhere that a lady can\u2019t, or shouldn\u2019t, be a ranger. Everything that men can do, women can do too. As long as you\u2019re passionate, you can do it. In fact, you can probably do it better.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Anne Maloi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne\u2019s work is an immense source of pride. You can hear it in her voice as she describes monitoring herds of elephants, reporting on incidents of tree harvesting and working alongside the rangers out on patrol. Every bit the battle-ready feminist, Anne isn\u2019t intimidated by the discrimination. Instead, she lets it motivate her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Intrepid-Kenya-Thin-Green-Line-Foundation-3-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what advice she would give to any young girl wanting to be a ranger she declares: \u201cYou are capable of doing it. It\u2019s not written anywhere that a lady can\u2019t, or shouldn\u2019t, be a ranger. Everything that men can do, women can do too. As long as you\u2019re passionate, you can do it. In fact, you can probably do it better\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Female rangers are a critical piece of the global conservation puzzle. And as a woman, it\u2019s impossible not to be moved by the outlook and fierce determination of Anne, and those like her. Yes, they\u2019re nurturers. Yes, they\u2019re mothers. Yes, they have families to care for, feed and love. But what the likes of TGLF, Big Life, and The Intrepid Foundation have done is create a supportive environment for these women to funnel their skills and strengths into a job that makes a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Anne\u2019s job makes a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: After a courageous battle with cancer, Anne Maloi passed away in May 2021. She left behind two young children. The Intrepid Foundation, along with The <a href=\"https:\/\/thingreenline.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thin Green Line Foundation<\/a>, is helping to raise funds for her daughters&#8217; education and care. You can donate to Thin Green Line&#8217;s Fallen Ranger program <a href=\"https:\/\/thingreenline.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> \u2013 all money raised will go towards the families of rangers like Anne Maloi.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of wildlife protection in Kenya has long been dominated by men, who risk life and limb for our endangered species. 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