23/08/2026
🦒 Lilyanna’s South African experience: learning to protect wildlife for the future 🇿🇦
From hands-on animal management to wildlife research, Lilyanna from York has gained an incredible range of experiences through her Turing Scheme-funded project in South Africa.
Her project saw her supporting visiting students through activities including kayaking, abseiling and giraffe walks, while also contributing to conservation and research through camera traps, reptile monitoring, giraffe identification, monkey monitoring and reserve management.
Along the way, Lilyanna developed new knowledge of wildlife, learned elements of Zulu and Afrikaans and, importantly, grew in confidence working with large groups of people.
In this video, she looks back on the hands-on experience and skills she gained in South Africa and shares what mattered most to her: learning about wildlife and how to protect it for future generations.
A fantastic project and an experience that will undoubtedly support Lilyanna as she takes her next steps in animal management. Well done, Lilyanna!
Project co-funded by the programme of the UK government.