07/04/2026
Team T-Up had its core, and had a person “ride-a-long” with us almost every day. These folks spoke the local language and/or dialect, and were intimately familiar to the conservancy’s land, people, and history. We could not be more grateful for their unique contributions to our mission:
Michael, the head of the Doro !Nawas Conservancy, and a true salt of the earth human.
Bernadine, in the hat, the manager of the Unbisan Conservancy; she is pictured translating for Elizabeth (who loved her new readers).
Ethan rode with us for two full days in the Sorris Sorris Conservancy. He knew everyone!
He seemed to love being with us and we loved him. He was a great help and we will find him again!
Berwald, a guide out of the Lodge where we stayed and happy to join us for a day.
Having grown up in the area, because of him, we found Minnie (who Terrie saw as a baby in 2024) the elephant.
Finally Tangeni, a Harvard educatied journalist, who loved every minute helping one morning. He was from the capital city of Windhoek, but did speak the local language. The quote he heard from a woman with her new glasses was: “Now I don’t need to use a torch (flashlight) to see during the day!”