This weekend saw a colourful celebration at the Big Life headquarters in Amboseli. The stars of the show were the sixteen rangers who graduated last month from an intensive three-month paramilitary course run by the Kenya Wildlife Service. But just as important was the attendance of their families and local leaders.

Proudly on show was the trophy received by Big Life ranger Sembeke for his award of ‘Best Leader’ on the course. Huge congratulations to him and all of the other rangers for passing this test, and Big Life looks forward to their hugely important contributions to protecting the wildlife of Amboseli. Thanks again to International Fund for Animal Welfare - IFAW who kindly funded the training costs for ten of these rangers.