Our legacy as an Organization is based on the species existence and sustainability of our wildlife population at ecosystem, landscape, national and global level. Based on that, we launched the internship program to nurture young Tanzanian wildlife conservationists to tackle the increasing biodiversity conservation challenges. However, we have not been limited to only Tanzanians, we have also joined other youths internationally and have been joined by youth from outside Tanzania through our volunteer program to learn and share knowledge and experiences with us. It’s inspiring and encouraging to observe the young and contemporary conservation leaders diving in various field of wildlife conservation; standing to help the primary conservation stakeholders, the local communities to benefit and coexist with wildlife! At this internship phase two, the LCMO team is delighted to welcome Lucia Romward, Azizi Fabian Msese and Belinda Mligo as the LCMO Field Officer Interns between May and August this year, 2021. The three won the WASIMA essay competition on the Appropriate, innovative and practical measures to reduce human-lion conflicts in western Tanzania. We also welcome Happyness Jackson and Irene Philipo as Field Officer Volunteers. Miss Happyness Jackson was born in Mpimbwe south of Katavi but still passionate to wildlife conservation. Since January she has been tirelessly volunteering to help her young brothers and sisters as well as community members during our various field outreaches. The interns and volunteers will be based in Mpimbwe and Sikonge Joining the LCMO field team in Katavi and Tabora, western Tanzania.
Jonathan L. Kwiyega, Director.
The LCMO team, Irene Philipo, Belinda Miligo, Happyness Jackson, Jonathan Kwiyega, Neema Mwaja, Bahati Hirali (first line left to right) and Azizi Msese and Emmanuel (Back left and right).Photo by Gilya Lino.
Ms Lucia Romward
Miss Lucia Romward holds a B.Sc. in Wildlife Sciences and Conservation from University of Dar es salaam (UDSM) (2020). She conducted research projects on Dynamics of Human- Elephant Conflicts in Villages Surrounding Ruaha National Park as part of her final year of undergraduate studies. Miss Lucia has Joined LCMO to work as Field Officer Intern. At university of Dar es salaam, Lucia was the active Vice Chairperson of UDSM Wildlife Student’s Association from 2019-2020. After graduation, she volunteered at The Lion Landscape, a carnivore conservation organization around Ruaha National Park for over two months after her university graduation. Lucia is active member of Nature Tanzania and Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania. Lucia is ambitious woman, nature lover seeking to grow in wildlife and environmental conservation carrier with the desire of becoming wildlife research and academician as well as influencing community participation in conservation with much focus to children, girls and youth.
Mr. Azizi Fabian Msese
Mr. Azizi Msese holds a B.Sc. in Forestry, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). He is currently working at LCMO as a Field Officer Intern working on WASIMA campaign, VIMA program and other sister programs after being selected through WASIMA essay competition. Azizi’s passion is to work with a diversity of community and educational status in the remote rural areas around reserves in order to discuss together the negative effects of killing wild animals and deforestation and come up with collective solution that halt both retaliatory and non- retaliatory killing of wild animals and trees conservation for the advantage of present and future generations.
Miss Belinda Mligo
Miss Belinda Mligo, has a bachelor degree in Wildlife Management (2015) and is finalizing her M.Sc. in Public Health and Food Safety from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). She is current working as a field officer at LCMO. She has worked as a research assistant at the Fondation of Pierre Fabre Project at SUA, a project based on promoting proper management of zoonotic diseases in Tanzania and Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Endowment Fund (EAMCEF). She is looking forward to investigate the nature and cause of the neglected zoonotic diseases, improving the knowledge of zoonotic diseases in general to local communities. She hopes to develop her career as the young researcher so she can help in discovering on new trends of diseases to help local communities and the next generation with scientific information for their studies mostly those passionate in conservation biology.
Ms. Irene Philipo
Miss Irene Philipo is volunteering at LCMO as Field Officer. Irene graduated from Sokoine University with Bachelor Degree in Rural Development. She has developed her skills and carrier in Community development, field activities, and research and project management since 2015 through working with Caritas Kigoma as field officer on Women socio-economic Rights (WSER) project. However, The Jane Goodall Institute as Assistant Community Development Officer on Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania, which aim to protect endangered chimpanzee populations in Gombe Stream National Park, Supporting Biodiversity Conservation both Wildlife and surrounding Communities. She has interest in working with community and her passion lies in environmental conservation through community-based conservation.
Ms. Happyness Jackson
Ms. Happyness joined Landscape and Conservation Mentors Organization as the Field Assistant Officer in January 2020. She holds a BSc in wildlife management and conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). She currently volunteering at LCMO as field assistant officer in Youth and Environment Program; Vijana na Mazingira (VIMA), assisting to coordinate program activities. Ms. Happyness focuses on cultivating environmental conservation awareness among youths in schools and women for the future generation, photography and developing further career in Wildlife conservation.
Miss Happyness with pupils from Mirumba primary school south of Katavi Park during an eco-study tour at Katete Hills (phto by Bahati).