ABOUT MR WILSON SHANGE
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Surname Mollel
Wilson Shange Mollel
First name Wilson
Nationality Tanzanian
PERSONAL HISTORY
I am a Maasai by tribe, born and raised in the Maasai land on the slopes of Mount Meru 4,500ft above sea level. I grew up in traditional Maasai life style, where I took care of the cattle, goats and sheep. At the same time I was attending primary school education. When I come back from school in the evening I have to take care of cows, goats and sheep and make sure all of them returned back home safely, before I ate supper. I was very happy to get these chances to go to school.
After primary school education, I joined secondary school for 4 years. There after I joined the Cooperative College where I studied commerce and bookkeeping and marketing. Later I joined Arusha Cooperative Union as a storekeeper. I worked in different departments and I was appointed credit controller of the company for a few years. I then decided to change my field. I attended Tourism College, where I passed my exams, and joined the tourism industry as a tour guide for safari’s and mountain climbing. I loved to watch Wildlife documentaries and that made me love leading trips to our National Parks and I have been doing these since 1997.
As a real Maasai who went through our strong culture and initiation. I now teach my clients about the fauna & flora of our country. Also I teach people about cultural dimension and history of African countries and Maasai culture.
SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I am extensively trained in Wilderness medicine and have attended Wilderness First Responder courses including adult CPR and Air Way Management, field diagnosis, treatment and management of hypothermia, frostbite, acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary Edema (HAPE). As well as emergency medical training I am also a trained guide attending tourism training courses conducted by the Tanzania Tourist Board (sponsored by the Irish Republic and Tanzanian government) and Greenfoot Print guide training school in West Kilimanjaro.
Filming projects are my specialty and working as a driver guide and field assistant I have considerable experience assisting film crew with productions including Taking the Flak- BBC series, Killer Ants- BBC documentary, Balance of Power- the interaction of lions and hyenas Grenadier Filming Company, Hadzabe Bushmen of Lake Eyasi and various other companies filming in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
I was among the first guides to explore a walking area in the Serengeti for African Environments. People had not been into the area for at least 50 years, now the area is reserved for select groups wishing for an exclusive walking experience away from vehicles and the usual tourist route. I now have many years experience as a photographic and walking safaris guide. I also have the fire arm training (conducted by the Police Force Training Unit in Arusha) necessary to protect clients from potential animal threats while walking through wilderness areas.
I am particularly interested in community wealth fare and as such I am the Founder and the Director of Sotwa Wilson School which was the source of starting the Opportunity Education Foundation ( www.opportunityeducation.org) which now consists of more than 1000 schools worldwide. I also worked with Comic Relief, a registered charity, helping children living on the streets of Arusha and Moshi.
From 2005-2009 I was the Village Leader of Ilkilorit Village. The community consists of 2000 people
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-1997 TRIP LEADER Currently I work with African Environments Ltd as a safari guide and a trip leader. I lead trips to all Tanzania National Parks and also lead trips to Kenya National Parks and game reserve areas in Tanzania. African Environments is the most leading adventure company in Tanzania with excellent reputation for mountain climbing, walking safaris, Wildlife Photographic safaris, Filming safaris and Bird watching safaris
1998-1997 SAFARI LEADER I worked with African Environments as a safari guide/leading clients who were keen photographers and keen bird watching. I worked with different filming companies in the plain of Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara National park and Tarangire National park. and Lake Eyasi shooting Hadzabe people (The Bush People).
1997-1996 SAFARI LEADER/GUIDE I worked with African Environments as a safari guide/Leader I was among the team who explored the wilderness zone in Tarangire National Park for walking safari which took about 2 weeks with intensive walking, hiking day packing everyday along the hike. Until now South Tarangire is a walking area and it is also open for other companies. With African Environments I was among the people who help found a walking trail in the Ngorongoro Crater, Oldeani mountain, Ndutu Nabartat, Lemakarot mountain and Oldupai. In Northern Arusha and West Kilimanjaro I and other African Enviroments team studied and wrote a report on how human habitation affected these beautiful game controlled areas and ecosystem between Amboseli National Park in Kenya, Sinya game reserve and Kilimanjaro National Park in Northen Tanzania..
1994 ACCOUNTANT I worked for Arusha Cooperative Union an accountant, stores keeping and as a credit controller.
2013 – 2019 Duma Explore as a tour guide
2019 to date Works at Togoro Adventures Safaris as director and safaris tour guide and safaris consultant
EDUCATION
1991-1992 Enaboishu Secondary School
1992-1993 Trans World Wildlife Services
1985-1987 Secretaial and office management course
1981-1984 – Business College Moshi.
HOBBIES
My hobbies are watching documentaries for wildlife and movies and sports. Eg. Soccer and volleyball. I also like to read different books. I also like to travel different parts of the country and other countries.
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