From the Rolex Awards:
As soon as I was out in the field, working with these animals, I thought, wow, this is me, conservation is what I was meant to do with my life.
Olivier Nsengimana chose to volunteer as a field veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors as a way of giving back to his country. While the gorilla is a famously iconic symbol of Rwanda’s endangered species, many others are also under threat from poaching and habitat encroachment. Nsengimana is currently on a mission to save the grey crowned-crane, which is fast dying out in Rwanda because of illegal poaching.More here
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