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Dorobo

[ duh-roh-boh ]

noun

, plural Do·ro·bos, (especially collectively) Do·ro·bo.
  1. a member of a tribal people living in the uplands of Kenya and Tanzania.


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Earlier that morning, the route of next year's race was explained to Moshi by Mika Peterson, our guide and translator from the Dorobo Fund, external-link a conservation arm of Dorobo Safaris that works with the Hadza to retain land rights.

From BBC

Daudi Peterson, co-founder of Dorobo Safaris in Tanzania, who works with the Hadza and has helped facilitate Leach’s research, says Leach hasn’t collected samples from the Hadza for more than a year, in part because he is waiting for permits.

The laws do prevent the free-for-all hunting on Hadza land that happened in the mid-1980s when many elephants were poached, says Daudi Peterson, co-founder of Dorobo Safaris and the Dorobo Fund, which uses fees from research and sustainable tourism to protect wildlife and fund health care and education for the Hadza and other groups.

Their company, Dorobo Safaris, now employs four members of the next generation of Peterson boys, three of whom guide safaris, as well as over 60 Tanzanians.

As with many mobile safaris, Dorobo doesn’t mix groups of travelers.

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