What happens when the people protecting Africa’s wildlife are finally trained to lead.
The
need
For more than ten years, funders have backed the work at the center of community-led conservation across East and Southern Africa — training rangers, restoring rangelands, protecting wildlife corridors, building water access. Much of that work has succeeded. But the people doing it — board members, managers, rangers, herders, women’s groups — have repeatedly asked for one thing that doesn’t come with a fence or a borehole: training in how to lead, manage and decide together. That request is why the Leadership and Management Programme (LAMP) exists.
A Decade of Evidence
Ten years, 2,000+ leaders, one consistent result.
In 2024, Forward Consulting surveyed 255 LAMP graduates — a sample carrying a 95% confidence level at a ±5% margin of error — to find out why participants keep asking for more LAMP. The numbers explain why:
2,098
community leaders trained since 2014
94%
report improved conservation behavior
55%->99%
women holding a leadership role
0
impact decay 3-7 years post training
