mama tembo means mother elephant in swahili it's also an affectionate term some border women call each other and they mean it literally some of them track the animals and do what they can to keep corridos free for them to move about that helps keep the elephants safe from harm but also ensures that both humans and animals have enough access to scarce resources like water. it's early in the morning in some way to come to kenya. tomo is taking her family's animals out to the grazing fields but that's just one job she do today. as a few accessories for her next job as a wildlife conservation insist. she used to lead over women group popularly known as mama timbales mother of elephants their task is to monitor the movements of the big animals. well i had one at five am i do my chores and then get my children ready for school at eight am i pick up my data forms and the g.p.s. and walk to the wildlife corrido we don't just observe elephants but the other animals to. get the elephants are still their primary interest the paki dams are endangered in kenya alone between the early one nine hundr