Sonja Lipenga
Sonja is a conservation biologist and registered nurse. She grew up in Austria and graduated from the University of Vienna by obtaining an MSc degree in Conservation Biology.
Throughout her professional career in biology, she worked in Sub-Saharan Africa observing bonobos in the jungles of DRC, investigating human-elephant conflict in Malawi and mitigating human-carnivore conflict in the Tanzanian bush. Witnessing life, death and the struggle to receive adequate healthcare in the remote communities she worked with inspired her decision to become a nurse. She was thereby able to offer professional support whenever needed in the field or maternity ward where she worked for over three years. Her profession led to some very unique moments from carrying the freshly chopped head of a lion to catching urine from wild bonobos, resuscitating new born babies, to admiring placentas after birth - “they look like the tree of life, just beautiful!”
Currently she is based in Guinea with her family where she works as the Manager for Conservation Programs for the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre.
Chimpanzee Conservation Centre
Manager of Conservation Programs
Guinea
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