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MDONYA OLD RIVER STAFF

Micol Farinha, Italian, is the Senior Manager in charge of both Mdonya and Manze camps.

She has been the Manager at Mdonya Old River since 2008
and was previously Manager at Selous Impala camp for over two years.
She in an experienced naturalist and game guide, with a passion for Wildlife.
She speaks very good English, Swahili and of course Italian
and is warm and friendly and quietly efficient.

Alex Stewart, Camp Manager, Australian

Alex grew up in South Africa, during which time she traveled extensively though Southern and East Africa.
In 2006 - 7 she came to Tanzania to work for the Clinton Foundation's HIV/AIDS
Initiative as Deputy Country Director, based in Dar es Salaam.
She returned to Tanzania again in 2010, this time as a volunteer,
to teach management and life skills in a community NGO school,
based in a local village on the north western side of Zanzibar.
From there she joined the Mdonya team as Assistant Manager
for the high season of 2010 and has now returned as Camp Manager in 2011.

Sara Ilum, Assistant Manager, Danish.

Sara comes from Denmark, but she moved to Tanzania the first time back in the nineties.
This planted the seed for her great passion for adventures, exploring and especially
her love for East Africa, its people, nature and wildlife.
Sara takes an interest in cooking, particularly with a Middle-Eastern touch,
and this talent is already being enjoyed by the guests at Mdonya.
She has a degree in Arabic and African Studies from The University of Copenhagen
and apart from Danish, she speaks Swedish, English, German, Arabic and Swahili.

Most of the Staff at Mdonya Old Riverhave have obtained certificates in the PADI course for Emergency First Response.