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The passionate people behind Free to be Wild

Meet the Team

Our fabulous team at Free to be Wild Sanctuary is more of a family with one passionate goal in mind, the rehabilitation and release of Zimbabwe’s wildlife!

We work together on a daily bases helping injured animals and finding suitable release sites to enable their successful release back into the wild.

STARTING OUT AS A VOLUNTEER FOR SOME WORK EXPERIENCE, UMILE IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SANCTUARY AND ALL ITS OPERATIONS. HE ALSO REALLY LOVES EGGS!

UMILE

OPERATIONS MANAGER

STARTING OUT AS A VOLUNTEER FOR SOME WORK EXPERIENCE, UMILE IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SANCTUARY AND ALL ITS OPERATIONS. HE ALSO REALLY LOVES EGGS!

NOMUSA AND HER TWO COLLEAGUES RUN THE VOLUNTEER HOUSE, FROM ALL THE COOKING, CLEANING AND GENERAL CARE THEY WILL ENSURE YOU HAVE THE BEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE STAY HOME AWAY FROM HOME!

NOMSA

Matriarch of Volunteer House

NOMUSA AND HER TWO COLLEAGUES RUN THE VOLUNTEER HOUSE, FROM ALL THE COOKING, CLEANING AND GENERAL CARE THEY WILL ENSURE YOU HAVE THE BEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE STAY HOME AWAY FROM HOME!

ARRIVING AT THE SANCTUARY TO ASSIST WITH THE URGENT CARE OF SOME PANGOLIN RESCUES AS WE WERE UNDERSTAFFED, TRUST FOUND HIS CALLING AND THANKFULLY FOR US, NEVER LEFT! TRUST LEARNT TO SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH SINCE JOINING OUR FAMILY.

TRUST

HEAD WILDLIFE HANDLER / TOUR GUIDE

ARRIVING AT THE SANCTUARY TO ASSIST WITH THE URGENT CARE OF SOME PANGOLIN RESCUES AS WE WERE UNDERSTAFFED, TRUST FOUND HIS CALLING AND THANKFULLY FOR US, NEVER LEFT! TRUST LEARNT TO SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH SINCE JOINING OUR FAMILY.

STARTING THE SANCTUARY WITH BAYE IN 2013, KHUMBU HAS BEEN THROUGH IT ALL, FROM RAISING ORPHANS TO BUILDING THE HOUSE YOU ARE STANDING IN KHUMBU HAS BEEN A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SANCTUARY AND KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. DOES NOT LIKE TO USE HIS RADIO!

Khumbu

Sanctuary FIX IT MAN

STARTING THE SANCTUARY WITH BAYE IN 2013, KHUMBU HAS BEEN THROUGH IT ALL, FROM RAISING ORPHANS TO BUILDING THE HOUSE YOU ARE STANDING IN KHUMBU HAS BEEN A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SANCTUARY AND KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. DOES NOT LIKE TO USE HIS RADIO!

SIZA IS MARRIED TO KHUMBU AND HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE SANCTUARY ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. ASSISTING US WITH RAISING ORPHANS THAT OFTEN TAKE OVER THE HOUSE & MAKE HER WORK THAT MUCH HARDER SHE HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE SANCTUARY FROM THE BEGINNING.

SIZA

Volunteer Housekeeper

SIZA IS MARRIED TO KHUMBU AND HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE SANCTUARY ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. ASSISTING US WITH RAISING ORPHANS THAT OFTEN TAKE OVER THE HOUSE & MAKE HER WORK THAT MUCH HARDER SHE HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE SANCTUARY FROM THE BEGINNING.

GODKNOWS STARTED AS OUR FIRST GIRAFFE HANDLER AND HAS BUILT A FORMIDABLE BOND WITH NOT ONLY THE GIRAFFE, BUT ALL THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE. HE HAS BEEN VOTED ONE OF OUR BEST TOUR GUIDES AND WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

GODKNOWS

DEPUTY WILDLIFE HANDLER / TOUR GUIDE

GODKNOWS STARTED AS OUR FIRST GIRAFFE HANDLER AND HAS BUILT A FORMIDABLE BOND WITH NOT ONLY THE GIRAFFE, BUT ALL THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE. HE HAS BEEN VOTED ONE OF OUR BEST TOUR GUIDES AND WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

IN 2019 JABU JOINED US AT A PRE-RELEASE SITE FOR ONE OF OUR BABOON TROOPS WHERE THEY WERE BEING RE WILDED, FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE SPECIES, FAST FORWARD 5 YEARS JABU HAS NOW JOINED OUR WILD FAMILY PERMANENTLY AND IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE TEAM.

JABU

WILDLIFE HANDLER / TOUR GUIDE

IN 2019 JABU JOINED US AT A PRE-RELEASE SITE FOR ONE OF OUR BABOON TROOPS WHERE THEY WERE BEING RE WILDED, FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE SPECIES, FAST FORWARD 5 YEARS JABU HAS NOW JOINED OUR WILD FAMILY PERMANENTLY AND IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE TEAM.

HAVING MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A BIG CAT HANDLER, MAXIN RECENTLY JOINED OUR WILD FAMILY. WITH A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE MAX IS A GREAT TOUR GUIDE AND A FAVOURITE AMONGST A LOT OF OUR GUESTS!

MAXIN

WILDLIFE HANDLER / TOUR GUIDE

HAVING MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A BIG CAT HANDLER, MAXIN RECENTLY JOINED OUR WILD FAMILY. WITH A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE MAX IS A GREAT TOUR GUIDE AND A FAVOURITE AMONGST A LOT OF OUR GUESTS!

Baye Pigors

Founder / Board Member

Gregg Tully

Board Member

Katie Nicolle

Board Member

Chris Goodman

Board Member