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Celebrating a heroine in Tsavo National Park

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It is 7.00 a.m. when Tiju gets a phone call that one of the trucks that delivers water to vital water holes in Tsavo National Park in Kenya has broken down. Quick action is necessary to replenish the dry water holes before the drought-stricken wildlife start to die.   Ms. Tiju  After a few phone calls and acts of goodwill from friends and family, she’s on her way to make sure the truck is up and running. This is just a typical day in Tiju’s life in Tsavo. Tiju Aziz is a passionate conservationist currently working on a Water for Wildlife project in Tsavo East National Park. The Park is one of the oldest and largest in Kenya. The park is situated in a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert, not far from the town of Voi in Taita-Taveta County. In search of water, wildlife, especially elephants, stray into villages destroying farms and endangering people’s lives. This often leads to retaliatory attacks in which elephants are killed in the never ending human-