The College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), commonly known as Mweka College or just Mweka, is located near the village of that name on the southern slopes of

Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

, above the city of Moshi, about 14 kilometres north of its centre. The locality also gives its name to the Mweka Trail, one of the routes on Kilimanjaro, used for the descent. Following the independence of Tanganyika in 1961, the College of African Wildlife Management was established in 1963 by

Bruce Kinloch Bruce Kinloch MC (27 August 1919 – 21 June 2011) was a British army officer, wildlife conservation leader and author. He was born at Saharanpur in India and educated at Berkhamsted School in England. Military career Kinloch was commissi ...

as a pioneer institution for the training of African wildlife managers. Initial funding for Mweka was provided by the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation (now known as the

African Wildlife Foundation The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the leading international conservation organization focused exclusively on Africa's wildlife and wild lands. AWF's programs and conservation strategies are designed to protect the wildlife and wild lands of ...

), the

U.S. Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 ...

, and the

Frankfurt Zoological Society Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) is an international conservation organization founded in 1858 with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FZS focuses on maintaining biodiversity and conserving wildlife and ecosystems in protected areas an ...

, with facilities donated by the government of

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

. Since this time, the College has trained over 5,000 wildlife managers from 52 countries worldwide (28 African countries and 24 other countries in the world), the majority are working in protected areas throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of the College's students come from the SADC region, although the college opens its doors to all students with an interest in African wildlife management. A good number of students also come from Western and Eastern Europe, and countries such as the United States, India, Sri Lanka, and Japan among many others. The college has two main aims: * To prepare both local and international students for work within the national parks and reserves of Tanzania and the rest of Africa. * To prepare students for work within the safari industries (photographic & hunting) within Tanzania and Africa as a whole.

External links

College website
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