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Contact details:
Cell phone: +267-73474476
Email (work): meshack@kcs.org.com.bw
Email (private): mekwamo@ymail.com
Address: P.O. Box 41, Seronga, Botswana
Nationality:
Motswana
Place of birth:
Seronga, Okavango Region, Botswana
Date of birth:
07\08\1975
Current work:
Para-ecologist in “The Future Okavango” Project (www.future-okavango.org) employed by the Kalahari Conservation Society (www.kcs.org.bw)
Responsibilities:
- To be the link between the Seronga community and the organization above
- Conducting research activities together with and on behalf of the researchers
- Village orientation and introduction to the village operational structure to members of the project
- Monitoring of project sites and maintenance of data
Skills, experiences and interests:
I am trained as a lodge manager through on-the-job training at Wilderness Safaris from 2002 to 2004. Here I was dealing with the whole lodge management, including
- Guest and staff relations
- Month’s end procedures (wages and banking)
- Monthly stock take and orders
My special skills are
- Guest etiquette
- Lodge administration
- Guiding of tourists
- Facilitating community workshops at village level
- Recording and filing of minutes
I also worked as an Assistant Professional Guide at Unvuvu campsite from 2006 to 2009. I assisted the Communities of Ngamiland Area 32 in developing a Community Strategic Plan and a Community-Based Organisation. I worked with the communities of the Okavango Community Trust as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees from 1998 until 2002 as well as in 2011.
I enjoy a lot the interaction with people from different regions, getting involved in community issues and particularly in tourism-related activities.
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