On World Elephant Day, a message of hope from Amboseli
by Paula Kahumbu from on (#HA5Q)
When children from the slums of Nairobi met wild elephants for the first time, it was love at first sight
It's 7.30 am, on August 12th, World Elephant Day. I'm in Amboseli National Park and the sun is rising over the Savannah. I'm about to go out to the field and meet the American Ambassador Robert Godec, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Environment Judi Wakhungu, rangers and conservationists.
But today is special, because on what is also International Youth Day, the chief guests are 200 children from the slums of Nairobi, and women and children from the rural areas of Amboseli.
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