EPI FRIEND OF THE MONTH

Every month we focus on an outstanding individual working to save elephants in one of the EPI countries.

Click below to read the EPI Friend of the month in French or Portuguese.

Jul 7

Teckeste Kiflemariam

We’re excited that our July Friend of the Month comes from Eritrea, whose elephant population is one of the least known in Africa....

Jun 9

Donatus Gadiye

We’re delighted to introduce our Friend of the Month for June, Donatus Gadiye. Donatus is Elephant Monitoring Coordinator in Tanzania’s...

May 19

Grant Burden

We’re delighted to introduce our Friend of the Month for May, Grant Burden. Grant recently joined the EPI Foundation team as a Special...

Apr 7

Duclair Makaya

We’re delighted to include another new country for our Friend of the Month. Duclair Makaya is from the Republic of Congo, where he works...

Mar 10

Ulysse Sinagabé Korogone

We’re delighted to introduce a Friend of the Month from the Republic of Benin, which has West Africa’s largest remaining elephant...

Feb 10

Dr Akankwasah Barirega

Our Friend of the Month for February is Dr Akankwasah Barirega, who is head of Uganda’s Department of Wildlife Conservation and the EPI’s...

Jan 14

Miles Zidana

Our Friend of the Month for January is Miles Zidana, Head of Investigations in Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW)....

Dec 2, 2020

Maureen Kinyanjui

Our friend of the month is Maureen Kinyanjui from Kenya, who works with our partner organisation, Save The Elephants, on the front line...

Nov 2, 2020

Jose Agostinho

Our November Friend of the Month is Jose Agostinho in Luanda, who has recently joined the EPI team, helping to secure Angola’s ivory.

Apr 8, 2020

Barre Koivogui

Our Friend of the Month is Barre Koivogui, from the Republic of Guinea, an EPI Member country.