Benjamin Lago
Narok
Summary
I am a devoted conservationist with work experiences in research, data analysis and project delivery primarily in wildlife management, and community integration in conservation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Assistant – Land for Life Project
WWF Kenya
05.2022 - Current
- Provide assistance in ensuring timely implementation of Land for Life planned activities (work plan and procurement plan)
- Provide assistance in ensuring timely implementation of Land for Life activities and procurement plans
- Provide assistance in ensuring timely submission of quality financial and technical reports for the Land for Life project
- Adhere to performance management tools developed and implemented at the Greater Mara Sub-Landscape Level
- Provide assistance in ensuring adherence to SLA's implemented at the Greater Mara Sub-Landscape Level, timelines, status meetings
- Providing assistance with SMART tool App technology to various community conservancies, organization in Kenya and regional outside Kenya.
Internship –Land for Life Project
WWF Kenya
11.2021 - 05.2022
- Provided support to the Land for Life project during the inception phase, as well as fulfilling other obligations under the Mau-Mara sub landscape as required.
Volunteer for SMART/Smart Mobile Data Collection Tool App
WWF Kenya
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Collect data and generate reports from various conservancies in Mara that uses Smart Mobile Data Collection Tool App
- Train Rangers on SMART and how to collect data using the App
- Support in trouble shooting the App whenever it malfunctions not to lose the data collected
- Compile and send monthly data reports to Project Officer
- Participate in the monitoring of the collared Elephants within Mara Ecosystem on quarterly basis using the VHF and the APP for tracking them
- Creation of Maps using the GIS for different Conservancies that uses the Smart mobile data tool so that to plot images of animals sighted during the patrol for easy interpretation of the data report
- Assist in coordinating outreach programs for schools and communities around Mara i.e
- Trans-Mara, Siana and Loita to show case films on environmental and how to take care of habitat.
Internship
Save The Elephants /Elephants & Bees Tsavo East –Sagalla Office
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Organised and facilitated meeting with communities of Mwakoma and Mwambiti villages on how to maintain their Beehive fence
- Organize and implement Environmental Education programs, for examples organised educational film show at Kileva East Field Primary school and other schools around Voi
- Participate in the monitoring the adoption of Beehive fence as an elephant deterrent measure
- Computation of data on human elephant conflict, honey harvesting, rainfall, footprint and beehive fence
- Set up the Beehive fence on farmer’s farm, with the Mobile Unit crew then give a presentation on how the Beehive fence works on deterring elephants not to crop raid.
Research Assistant
Elephant Matters, - Oloololo Escarpment
09.2014 - 12.2015
- Camera trapping –I set up 40 cameras along elephant pathways
- This was part of an effort to understand the elephant pathway, the elephant group types using the pathways and human-elephant conflict
- Sign surveys –I carried out elephant sign surveys with a team of scouts to understand seasonal use of pathways
- Here I counted dung and elephant signs along set transects
- Data collection, entry & verification – I entered all the conflict data, sign survey data and other questionnaire data on Excel from what I collected from the field
- Engagement with the community & schools – I carried out several meetings with the community to sensitize them on the importance of having wildlife
- I informed them that they should learn to live with wildlife in harmony and in case of any incidents of human wildlife conflict, they should report in order to obtain assistance from KWS.
Education
Bachelors of Science in Travel and Tourism Management -
Mount Kenya University
07.2024
Diploma in Tourism Management (Module 3) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
07.2014
Diploma in Tourism Management (Module 2) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
07.2013
Certificate in Tour Guiding Operation (Module 2) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
07.2012
Certificate in Tour Guiding Operation (Module 1) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
07.2011
Skills
- Communication Skills
- Customer Service Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Planning and Organizing
- Teamwork
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Project Management
- Documentation Management
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Kenyan
Languages
- Kiswahili
- English
- French
- Taita
References
- Ms. Sylvia Nabulu Lanyasunya, Greater Loita Shompole Ecosystem, Nairobi, 00620, +254720302025, slanyasunya@wwfkenya.org
- Mr. Zachary Maritim, Regional Blue Economy, Western Indian Ocean, +254721671642, zachary.kimutai@tnc.org
- Dr Lydia N. Tiller, Research and Science Manager for Human - Elephant Co-Existence Program, Tsavo, Nairobi, 00200, lydia@savetheelephants.org
Training
- 05/2024, Enrolled in a Political Economy Analysis course
- 06/2024, Completed an online training for ArcGIS Survey 123 with AI and received a certificate
- 03/10/2024, Attended Global SMART Congress in Namibia Windhoek
- 04/04/2023, Attended SMART training in Rwanda Kigali as one of the trainers
- 05/30/2022, Trained on Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity. (SAGE) at Longido Tanzania
- 06/20/2022, Trained on Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) at Keekorock Lodge Maasai Mara
- 10/10/2020, Online training on Earth Ranger Monitoring APP
- 07/25/2019, Attended workshop for SMART/Cyber tracker Data tool at Mara Frontier Narok
- 05/20/2016, Attended the SMART Training at Mara Serena Hotels
- 04/2013, Attended Driving Course class B, C, E
Timeline
Project Assistant – Land for Life Project
WWF Kenya
05.2022 - Current
Internship –Land for Life Project
WWF Kenya
11.2021 - 05.2022
Volunteer for SMART/Smart Mobile Data Collection Tool App
WWF Kenya
01.2019 - 12.2020
Internship
Save The Elephants /Elephants & Bees Tsavo East –Sagalla Office
06.2018 - 12.2018
Research Assistant
Elephant Matters, - Oloololo Escarpment
09.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelors of Science in Travel and Tourism Management -
Mount Kenya University
Diploma in Tourism Management (Module 3) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
Diploma in Tourism Management (Module 2) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
Certificate in Tour Guiding Operation (Module 2) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
Certificate in Tour Guiding Operation (Module 1) -
Coast Institute of Technology Voi
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